Abakaliki – 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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