University students hold placards and protest in the streets over food shortages: Comrades are starving

• Masomo Hayingi Comrade Akiwa Njaa
• University students took to the streets with placards to protest the university's failure to feed students.
• Details show contract supplier has stopped delivering food due to long delays in payments
• They disrupted operations at a nearby market and insisted they would not return to class until food was secured.

Students at Bahr el Ghazal University in Wau recently staged street protests over food shortages.

The company that had been supplying food to the university stopped delivering food on April 24, citing non-payment by the university.

No meals or lectures

According to a post by Eagles Media on

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The third grade student made it clear that the failure to deliver food was the government's fault, not the suppliers.

Marouac reiterated that the lecture would not continue because there were no students in the class.

“The students you see are demanding food. The government should pay the company immediately or our protests will not stop,” he said.

Malouac's sentiments were corroborated by Paska, a public health student who said all she needed to get off the streets was food.

Protests disrupted activities at a nearby market

Witnesses said the strike shut down Zhou Market in Wau town as students turned out holding placards and chanting chants.

“Students were seen blocking roads near universities and markets,” one of the people said.

One Citizen Daily reported that the closure of the market has caused confusion for businesses and local residents.

Law enforcement officials were forced to deploy troops to the university and surrounding area to ensure the safety of people and property.

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Source: TUKO.co.ke