Right from the time we declared this industrial action, we gave them permission to participate in COVID-19 research. There is no state in Nigeria where we have not intervened in terms of donation of materials and production of personal protective equipment (PPEs). “As we speak, we have many research groups coming up with ideas and proposals. Just last week, a group in Markurdi presented a ventilator that they invented in Federal University of Agriculture, Markurdi. Ogunyemi submitted that the existing interstate lockdowns were preventing ASUU from meeting with the central government.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2020 03:45 UTC