Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, in conjunction with the representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday staged a peaceful protest over the continued closure of polytechnics across the country.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has been on strike since October 4, 2013 demanding better working conditions from the federal government.

Offa Poly is the only institution in Kwara State that is on strike.

The University of Ilorin which is also a federal government-owned institution has not been partaking in ASUU strikes for over a decade and it didn't join the last six-months ASUU strike that was suspended recently.

The students are riled that the federal government has failed to demonstrate ample commitment to resolve the strike as it did to ASUU. They took to the streets yesterday in protest in two campuses of the polytechnic, disrupting vehicular movement.

The ever-busy Oshogbo road was blocked causing terrific traffic gridlock around the area.

Chairman of NANS Joint Campus Committee (JCC), Kwara axis, Comrade Ibrahim Abdulrazak Jeje, told our Daily Trust's correspondent that the union was alarmed and surprised that the federal government has not shown enough concern and commitment to end the strike.

He said, "We are surprised that the government has not shown any interest about the strike. They have not even met the ASUP members to discuss with them. We are tired of staying at home and we want the strike called-off."

He said the students would continue the protest until the authorities granted their request. Also speaking, President of the Students Union Government (SUG), Offa Poly chapter, Comrade Adedeji Festus Olusegun, lamented that the union is tired of the strike because of its attendant effect on their studies.