As the general election inches closer, some Nigerians on Twitter are lamenting and protesting on the microblogging app alleged moves to disenfranchise university students.
In what seems to be reactions to a front page headline by a national newspaper (not The PUNCH), ‘Elections: 3.5m students won’t vote’, tweeps are calling on the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other tertiary institution unions to declare a holiday for students to go home to collect their Permanent Voter Cards and vote in the elections.
With hashtag #Nigeriastudentsmustvote and a viral picture of the same inscription, some tweeps lambast ASUU for going on strike for eight months in 2022 yet is not willing to give students a holiday to participate in the general election.
The PUNCH reports that ASUU went on an eight-month-long strike which started on February 14 and was called off on October 14, 2022, leaving Nigerian universities closed to academic activities.
