The motivation to write this letter is informed by the preponderance of vulnerable but not 'toothless' students that their academic careers are beginning to crumble in the face of the present ASUP Nationwide Strike.

I hope this letter meets you in a very sound 'state of mind', following the controversies surrounding the suspension of the head of the institution widely believed to be the last hope of the common man. I learnt your '' Lai Mohammed'' claimed the purported suspension is constitutional, moral and legally right. Hopefuly, the issue would not be laid-to-rest the same way all other critical & sensitive issues had been buried in your administration. Time will tell anyways!

Not to digress, however, from the main issue, I believe if pen is mightier than sword, then incessant strike shouldn't always be an option, rather a well structured negotiation.

I would want to allign with ''Education is the most powerful weapon which can change the world'' say of Nelson Mandela. But the simple truth is that ''things are beginning to fall apart'' in our country and education sector in particular.

Consequently, the pressing issues that made the union embark on strike simultaneously alongside their University counterpact might be cloudy. The partly 7.02% or less usually awarded the education sector in the nation's budget as against UNESCO recommendation is a viable reason the union decision is justifiable.

With the benefit of hindsight, most of the union agitations are issues that should have been amicably addressed to waive the lingering strike. But abysmally as it may be, your entourage totally failed to weigh or consider their offers, probably because you careless about our future.

Let me slice it a little thinner, the reasons for the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of most Nigerian graduates are multifactorial. I'm convinced the avoidable pause in our academic pursuits is a great contributor. I took some measures to analyse the havoc caused by the always-long-strike, i observed our environment is dominated by hoodlums which are mostly idle students the strike affect adversely.

My eyes became heavy and red when I bumped on the emotional story of a Nigerian that forfeited an opportunity to study in the University of Cape Town due to the ongoing strike. The agony in here voice further depicts the trauma of loosing a hard-earned scholarship to study in the university all beacuse the strike denied her the chance to process her transcript. To you it might be coincidence, but to me it is not because 'lf coincidences keep occuring it is fate, if fate deepens it's destiny''. Is our destinies in this country maltreatments and rejections?

Sir, anytime we get to know a meeting is to hold between the FG and Union delegates our hope is raised. Unyielding meetings, however, make us go to bed thinking all hope is lost. Let me put it to you, there is no real achievement without some measures of madness. Great achievement in the education sector can not happen by happenstance. It's a product of commitment. It's therefore a wake -up call for you to show more commitment for the education sector. Serious commitment as well as importance need to be attached to the sector.

More importantly, I would want to give some of my friends- your astute followers and APC cohorts- a benefit of doubt. They assured me that sooner rather than later, you will do the needful. Interestingly, they envisaged two (2) weeks. Failure to call-off the stike I would have no option than to regard the 14days as my ultimatum and conclude our future is deliberately truncated by your administration.

However, this letter will not be complete without letting you know that if the strike is not as a matter of urgency call-off, I wouldn't hesitate to be among the frontrunners for the crusade against your administration. Do not forget we represent a whopping 50% of the electorates in the coming general election. We wouldn't be scare to unleash the democratic power we possess to vote you out as the 'Aso Villa Landlord'

To cap my submission, it's said that ''if you can pay a price, you'll get a prize. Our failure to reckon with this fact denies us the grasp of where the problem lies. The sooner the revitalisation of the education sector begins the better it is.

Yours faithtfully
Ogundele Oluwaseyi Duracell
A graduate of Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti

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