Workers at the Federal Ministry of Education block the entrance to the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, preventing Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa and Acting Permanent Secretary Dr. Folake Olatunji-David from entering their offices on Wednesday. A video circulating on X shows workers gathered at the gate as the minister’s motorcade reportedly arrives.
The outlets link the protest to a dispute involving the Federal Government’s planned 35-year concession of King’s College, Lagos, to its old boys’ association. Nigerian Eye reports union opposition to the proposal, raising concerns that the plan could affect staff welfare and public education, and citing administrative lapses. It also says workers and unions have demanded reforms and call for Alausa’s removal, even after recent meetings between ministry officials and union representatives. Daily Post Nigeria focuses on the blockage itself and the incident involving the minister’s attempted entry, without detailing the concession dispute.
