Some Students have come out to plead with the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who are yet to come to an agreement, to end the strike. They comlained about how the continous industrial action is delaying their studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recall that ASUU, on February 14, 2022, declared a one-month warning strike following the failure of the Federal Government to implement the famous February 7, 2019 Memorandum of Action (MoA), which contained important highlights of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement and aggregated the cardinal arguments of the 2012 and 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the 2017 MoA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The union also blamed the government for failing to implement the December 2020 MoA when the longest strike in the history of the nation then proceeded to extended the strike for two months after the expiration of the one month warning strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the students Abiodun Adesanya, from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, said “The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to the lecture rooms, Indicating\u00a0that the strike was\u00a0delaying students\u2019 academic progress.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruth Ighomrore, a 300-Level student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) said, “The Federal Government and\u00a0ASUU should try and reach a compromise because students were beginning to lose interest in learning and the strike is really affecting people mentally, psychologically, and emotionally.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ifedolapo Babatunde, a student at\u00a0 the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), appealed to both parties to prioritise students in their negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his words: \u201cI am tired of staying at home, but ASUU causing unnecessary delay and tampering with our plans. I have things I want to achieve at different stages of my life, but they keep disrupting my plans. Please, they should think about our future and just call off the strike.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bamise Temidayo, a\u00a0 400-Level student at Ekiti State University, urged ASUU to call off the strike according to him: \u201cI\u2019m tired of sitting at home. I want to finish my project. I want to finish my final semester so I can move on to the next phase of my life. ASUU should please call off the strike.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sikiru Sulaiman, a Microbiology student at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), pleaded with ASUU to consider the future of students even when the government seems unconcerned. He said \u201cThis strike has negative effects on students. Whenever the union embarks on strike, it weakens the strength of students\u2019 brains and obstructs academics. Some\u00a0get married against their will even though when the government seems unconcerned<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oshinaike Oluwafunmilola, a 200-Level student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), appealed with ASUU “To reconsider its decision on the\u00a0industrial action. Furthermore she stressed that there was so much on ground to be covered in school.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another student at the Federal University of Oye- Ekiti (FUOYE), Abel Jimmy, said \u201cAside from wasting our time, students will end up being rushed to make up for the lost time which mostly leads to failure.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Boluwatife Ojo, said the strike had encouraged youths to engage in cybercrime and money rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to him: \u201cIt is\u00a0 painful that the issue of strikes has now turned into regular and yearly activities in Nigeria\u2019s educational system. The strike has led youths to vices and all forms of criminal tendencies and money rituals.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For Olawale Rahman, a 300- Level History and Strategic Studies student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), the strike has brought about depression. In his words: \u201cMoreover, students are depressed. Frankly speaking, school is one of the ways by which students get away from depression and achieve their goals. Now many are into\u00a0 in drugs and other illicit ventures.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Babatunde Adedayo, an English Language student, OAU, urged the union to demand their entitlements from the Federal Government using other means instead of always embarking on strike. \u201cThose that ought to graduate last year were unable to, due to the industrial action. They are affected again with this current strike. Also, those in one level or the other cannot move forward. No one can say when the strike is going to be called off over\u00a0 failure to reach an agreement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mohammed Halimat-Oyibo, a 400-Level Biochemistry student at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said “The strike has dampened her spirit and weakened her zeal for studying.\u201cThe strike disrupts our plans and makes us feel schooling is of no importance\u00a0anymore.\u201d<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ajadi Joshua, a 300-Level Law student, University of Ibadan (UI), urged ASUU to reopen schools because the strike has affected students\u2019 years of graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFour-year courses turn to six years. Five- year courses to seven, eight years, which is not good enough. Apart from the waste of time, it also affects one\u2019s resume. I have been forced to change my expected date of graduation on my resume four to five times,\u201d he said<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oshoniyi Mofiyinfoluwa Aderonke, a 400-Level Human Kinetics and Health Education student of EKSU complained over the inability of secondary school graduates to proceed with their academics because of the ASUU strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s two months, secondary school graduates can\u2019t progress with their studies even if they pass UTME except they go to polytechnic or private schools. This strike is not in favour at all. I should graduate by June or so but I\u2019m stuck here. It is slowing my plans. I thought I had paid my last house rent since March 2021 but I have no choice but to renew my rent again<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs\u00a0 students, we can only vent\u00a0our anger and displeasure, but we do not have the capacity, power to do otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe want to use this medium to call the attention of the Federal Government to do the needful so as to ensure a smooth academic calendar for students, other than delaying them unnecessarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe government should find a lasting solution to the industrial action that might be embarked on by other\u00a0University unions\u00a0to avoid recurrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This strike is\u00a0 seriously actually affecting students. I think ASUU must\u00a0 have a rethink and resume. Youths have lost interest in studying and we’re afraid this\u00a0will go a long way to affect the growth of this country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some Students have come out to plead with the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n