Peeved by almost two-month old strike by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS),
yesterday issued a one-week ultimatum to the
Federal Government and the union’s leadership to
resolve their differences or face serious
consequences.
The students said if the impasse was not resolved
within the next seven days, it will mobilise
students on a nation-wide riot in what it
described as ‘operation occupy Nigeria’.
The students’ body appealed to ASUU to return
to the classroom and continue negotiation with
the Federal Government since the latter claimed to
have released over N100 billion for infrastructural
development and another N30 billion for
allowances.
This was the highpoint of a protest by the
students who blocked the Asaba end of the River
Niger Bridge to press home their demands. The
protest caused traffic snarl for several hours as
the students stalled movements to the eastern
part of the country even as those returning were
barred.
NANS coordinator in the South-South and South-
East, Comrade Chinonso Obasi, stated that
students were at the receiving end of the strike
and vowed that they would take their destinies in
their own hands if the parties failed to reconcile
within a week.
“We are appealing to ASUU that since the Federal
Government has been able to release N100 billion
for infrastructural development and N30 billion for
allowance, they should go back to classroom and
continue their negotiation or agitation. This is our
prayer and wish.
“We are giving them one week to open the
schools or be ready to face corrosive
consequences in form of nation-wide
demonstration and riots. We are ready to
mobilise for that and it will be operation occupy
Nigeria,” he said.
Lamenting the effect of the strike, Obasi said
students have become prone to accidents on the
highways and the female students have been
reduced to sex hawkers on the streets.
His words: “I stand to tell you that a lot of
accidents have been recorded and 99.9% of the
victims are Nigerian students. If they were in
classrooms, they would not have fallen victims of
road crashes.
“Our female students have become commercial
sex hawkers on the streets in order to make ends
meet. This colossal effect is more than what
ASUU is agitating for. Hence, we can no longer
fold our arms and watch things go wrong.”
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Source:
http://gbadunaija..com/2013/08/nigerian-students-gives-fg-and-ASUU.html?m=1

I think this is a nice one and if there are other meassures ASUU could use to press home their demands,I think they should use it.The government of the day is highly insenstive to the plight of the masses,the reason for their nonchallant attitude.Besides,most of their children school abroad,why would the take education in Nigeria seriously?I am with ASUU on this.

Lord help us!

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