Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Federal University of Lafia on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest to demand improved welfare and better conditions of service from the Nigerian government.

The protesting lecturers, who turned out in large numbers, sang solidarity songs and carried placards with inscriptions such as "Pay our withheld salaries now," "Starving lecturers is strangling education," "ASUU rejects FG Tertiary institution loan," and "Our campuses are unfit for teaching and learning."

In a statement shared on the official Facebook page of the Federal University of Lafia Diary, the branch chairperson of ASUU, Sunday Orinya, said the union had exercised patience and pursued dialog...