₦airaland Forum

Yesterday, I received the news of ASUU calling off their strike with joy. As a bonafide Nigerian students, who won't be happy after staying for more than 3 months at home but my joy was cut short when I remember that come next week, the Presidential election will take place.

One is left to ponder the fate of Nigerian students in this forthcoming election.
According to the Independence National Electoral Commission, the number of students who registered to vote in this forthcoming presidential election is about 22.3 million making up about 27percent of the registered voters.

ASUU stands for the Academic Staff Union of Universities whose primary aim is to protect the selfish interests of lecturers.
The lecturers were being paid while on strike and still, they were hell bent on not calling off the strike until a week to the election and a day to the deadline of PVC collection.
The lecturers were given special privileges unlike when JOHESU and other bodies went on strike and their wages withheld. The lecturers insisted that until the FG shows seriousness will they call off the strike.

We the Nigerian students hope that since the strike has been called off, then it means that substantial part of their grievances have been settled and we hope that our Academic Calendar won't be disturbed for at least 1year.

On the part of the FG, where did they keep this money all these while and they refused to settle ASUU up until now?
Do they know that one-fourth the voting Populace will be disenfranchised by their actions and inactions?

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Article 21 essentially states that “the will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot or by equivalent free voting procedures.”

ASUU in connivance with the Federal Government has denied us our Rights to Vote and be Voted for.

Why will the strike be called off a day to the PVC collection deadline when most students registered for their PVC close to the school environment?
I live in Lagos but school in Enugu, how will I leave Lagos today and get to Enugu today and get my PVC today, not considering the fact that I will have to prepare for school and run around for some things.

And this situation is not peculiar to only me but applies to majority of students.

What about those who cannot travel today, they have been disenfranchised by ASUU in connivance with the government.

What about Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, the numerous students being disenfranchised, the hopelessness of the students, our lives being gambled upon by the government and our lecturers using us as a bargaining tool to satisfy their selfish desire

Some of my friends are not coming back until after the election, their parents do not want to endanger the life of their kids in the name of election.

We plead on INEC to postpone the election date because tens of millions of students registered for their PVC and chose a polling unit to exercise their Rights close to the School.

We should remember that the number of people that is about to be disenfranchised is about the total number of voters in South West plus South East.
And if an election is held in other regions without anyone from South East and South West voting, can we in all sincerity call that election a national election.
It is worrisome to note also that the youths are not interested in politics.

For the future of this country belongs to the present day students.

Chieyine Nelson
500lvl Med/Surg
UNN

PDP and propaganda

Too childish...

Postpone election cause of what really??

StupidInyamiri:
PDP and propaganda

This is not any propaganda.
I can't wait to vote come feb 16th

Elections that we are all praying for it to come and pass, someone is here advocating for its postponement. Collection of PVCs can continue till next week but NO to election postponement, by the way many people refused to go and collect their PVCs on till this dying minute, whose fault is that?

Olodo student
Your reasoning baffles me
Something wey you suppose thank God

if Buhari postpone like GEJ nw... Na una go still carry mouth dey shout rigging...

Nigerians can never be satisfied...

Shibaraba:
Olodo student
Your reasoning baffles me
Something wey you suppose thank God

Na you get your mouth as you said.
My post no be for dem illiterates

chieyine:
This is not any propaganda.
I can't wait to vote come feb 16th

don't waste your time if you are not voting Buhari

The courts are open you can go there to enforce your fundamental human rights.

StupidInyamiri:
don't waste your time if you are not voting Buhari

Lols
Aint enhancing lifelessness again

We don't want extension. Pdp should brace up and head to the polls.

otokx:
The courts are open you can go there to enforce your fundamental human rights.

If you will do Pro Bono for me, why not?
Seventh Day Adventist church are in court praying for the election to be in weekdays not on weekends citing disenfranchisement of their members.
Their members voting populace with PVC wont be more than 2 million but Nigerian students with PVC are in excess of 20 million

chieyine:
Na you get your mouth as you said.
My post no be for dem illiterates

Hahaha....when I was in school you were wearing diapers.

Shibaraba:
Hahaha....when I was in school you were wearing diapers.

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