Students of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) on Friday begged
President Gooodluck Jonathan to wade into the lingering ASUU and Federal
Government crisis.
The students said that they looked up to Mr President to personally
intervene in the face-off. Mr Louis Onwe, a 300-level biochemistry
student said: ‘’His intervention into the ongoing crisis will lead to
timely resolution of the impasse and resumption of academic work.’’
He
said that since the president enjoyed enormous goodwill with the union,
it would listen to him if he intervened personally in the face-off.
“ASUU demands are quite germane as it will boost research and
development of infrastructures in the universities,’’ Onwe said.
Mr
Kelechukwu Anyigor, also a 300-level student of biochemistry, said they
were optimistic that Jonathan’s intervention was needed to quickly
resolve the strike. “Our president enjoys tremendous goodwill because of
his human rights records, and his attempt to reposition the country’s
economy.
“It is our candid belief that if he personally intervenes
in the matter, ASUU will listen to him in the interest of the students
and the nation at large,’’ Anyigor said. Mr Michael Otuu of the
Department of Business Administration, called on the president to rise
above politics and wade into the crisis in the interest of Nigerian
students and university education.
According to him, the
indefinite strike already in its fifth week is having a negative toll on
the academic pursuit of university students in the country.
Otuu
called on well meaning Nigerians to prevail on the federal government to
accede to the demands of ASUU in the interest of industrial harmony in
the system.
The National President of ASUU, Dr Isa Fagge, declared
a nationwide indefinite strike on July 1 to protest the failure of the
government to honour the 2009 agreements it reached with ASUU. READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/42362.html
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