Students of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) on Friday begged
President Gooodluck Jonathan to wade into the lingering ASUU and Federal
Government crisis.
The students said that they looked up to Mr
President to personally intervene in the face-off.
Mr Louis Onwe, a
300-level biochemistry student said: ‘’His intervention into the
ongoing crisis will lead to timely resolution of the impasse and
resumption of academic work.’’
He said that since the president
enjoyed enormous goodwill with the union, it would listen to him if he
intervened personally in the face-off.
“ASUU demands are quite
germane as it will boost research and development of infrastructures in
the universities,’’ Onwe said.
Mr Kelechukwu Anyigor, also a
300-level student of biochemistry, said they were optimistic that
Jonathan’s intervention was needed to quickly resolve the strike.
“Our
president enjoys tremendous goodwill because of his human rights
records, and his attempt to reposition the country’s economy.
“It
is our candid belief that if he personally intervenes in the matter,
ASUU will listen to him in the interest of the students and the nation
at large,’’ Anyigor said.
Mr Michael Otuu of the Department of
Business Administration, called on the president to rise above politics
and wade into the crisis in the interest of Nigerian students and
university education.
According to him, the indefinite strike
already in its fifth week is having a negative toll on the academic
pursuit of university students in the country.
Otuu called on well
meaning Nigerians to prevail on the federal government to accede to the
demands of ASUU in the interest of industrial harmony in the system.
The
National President of ASUU, Dr Isa Fagge, declared a nationwide
indefinite strike on July 1 to protest the failure of the government to
honour the 2009 agreements it reached with ASUU. (NAN)
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