Nigerian Students beg President Jonathan to wade into ASUU strike

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Abakaliki – 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.

Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi Onwutalobi

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