University students in Ekiti State, on
Thursday, threatened to vent their
anger over the lingering impasse
between the Federal Government
and the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) on the private universities ina the country.
The angry students’
representatives, who had marched
to the Press Centre in the Old
Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti,
lamented that the cause of alleged insensitivity of the government to
ASUU’s demands was because
“their children are either in foreign
universities or in private
universities in Nigeria.”
The students, who came under the aegis of the National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS) Joint
Campus Committee, argued that it
was wrong for the Federal
Government to claim that there was
no money to implement the 2009 agreement it signed with the
university lecturers.
They said “we will mobilise
ourselves and ensure that we
disrupt academic activities in most
of the private school because it is the sons and daughters of the
affluent that are in these schools.”
The students, who spoke through
Mr Sunday Asefon, lashed out at the
Federal Government over the 2009
agreement, saying “agreements are expected to be honoured in good
faith as there is continuous
recession in the standard of
education since Dr Goodluck
Jonathan emerged as the president
of the country.” The students also called on Ekiti,
Lagos, Osun and Ogun states to
reduce the fees they charge in their
universities.
Also speaking,Comrade Steven
Adara, a student leader in EKSU, noted that those in government
and some notable prominent
Nigerians are not helping the
matter as they are in the habit of
sending their sons and daughters
to private schools and overseas, threatening to disrupt activities in
most of the private institutions if the
present ASUU strike is not
addressed by the government as
soon as possible.
Also speaking, another student leader, Comrade Bewaji
Oluwadamilare, the coordinator,
Joint Campus Committee (JCC),
berated the Minister of Finance, Dr
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for her
comments on the current strike embarked upon by university
teachers.

Source: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/20913-ASUU-strike-students-threaten-to-shut-down-private-varsities.html

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