ASUU Strike: Students Appeal To FG, Lecturers

Students in Osun have called on the Federal Government and university lecturers, ASUU, to resolve the issues which led to the current strike by university lecturers.

Many of the students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Tuesday, enjoined both parties to bury the hatchet for peace to reign.

Adewale Adejuyigbe, a final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said the incessant strike by ASUU had elongated his stay in the university.
He said: "I am fed of with this strike action of ASUU."
"Each time they have one or two issues to settle with the Federal Government, strike action should not be the only option."
"In a democratic setting, there are many available means of expressing your grievances other than total paralysis of the system at the expense of the students."
"I believe our lecturers know that their job goes beyond normal service for payment, it is indeed a service to humanity because education remains the light of the society."

Another student of the same university, Toriola Ibidun, lamented the level of decadence in the educational system, saying the strike action would further aggravate the situation.
He said the Federal Government must be sensitive to the importance of the education sector, adding that all stakeholders must work for peace in the universities.

Moradeyo Edun, a first year student of the University of Ibadan, condemned ASUU's strike option, describing it as "callous and mean."
She said: "Can't these people change their strategy; it is high time they realised that strike action is adversely affecting the students; it is the students that suffer most, not the government."
"I am pleading with both ASUU and the Federal Government to quickly find a lasting solution to this strike and allow us to face the future squarely."