DO THE NEEDFUL, PAY OUR PARENTS THEIR ENTITLEMENTS!



At this point in time, the entire members of the National Association of Akure students want to register their displeasure over the

nonpayment of salaries of civil servants in some states in Nigeria. They have also observed with disgust, the manner in which some individuals made mockery of the issue, which stands to be the disgusting aspect of it all. It is most unfortunate that some state administrators have preferred to spend on frivolities than the payment of salaries as life-threating as it is.

It particularly dampens the heart, to have learnt that this is happening in a country where political office holders earn as much that is capable of turning the fortune of billions of individuals around. Emphatically speaking, it is one thing to deprive staff of incentives, and it is another thing to deprive them of essential entitlements, which should be better classified as the benefit for their services to the nation.



We have learnt much to our satisfaction that the Nigerian Labour Congress have waded into the matter and are billed to take an action soon. That being said, To the best of our understanding, we have observed that some students have been facing hell over the year, especially in the payment of tuition fee, as most families relies on government-pays in sorting the tuition fees of their wards and other welfare concerns.



It is on this note that we are being compelled to identify with ‘our parents’ by standing against this form of deprivation, and by helping them fight this course, as much as we do not want anything that will hinder our academic progress, a situation that can be envisaged considering the issue on ground. We do not want to mention names of states that are deeply affected, but when you visit some states in Nigeria, you will be submerged in shock and deep pity for these families.



At that, the National Association of Akure Students have decided to make consultations with the Nigerian Labour congress and some relevant organisations, and in due course we shall communicate our resolution to the general public. The general public should bear in mind the fact that if this issue is not tackled in no sooner time, we shall, in conjunction with students-based indigenous organisations present in the affected states, organise a peaceful protest, and at the end we may extend it nationwide, until the yearnings of ‘our parents’ is being taken into consideration, and the situation is consequently prevailed upon. We shall also not cease to remember this nation in our prayers, especially in this time of peril.


ORIMOLOYE, Ifeoluwa is the national general secretary of the national association of Akure students

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