Students beg President Jonathan to wade into ASUU strike

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 anegative 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)