Students of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta
University (NDU) on Wednesday, July 20, staged
a mass protest to express their displeasure over
the closure of the institution » .
The protest, which was staged in Yenagoa, saw
students marching from Mbiama Junction to the
entrance to the Government House holding
placards detailing their demands.
One placard read, “ Dickson,
Bring back NDU
lecturers, we are tired of sitting at home, we want
to go back to school. ”
Students, who spoke to SaharaReporters
expressed their worries that keeping NDU
students at home would only increase the
likelihood of them engaging in social vices.
One of them, Kemeowei James, while explaining
the reason for the protest, said, ” yes, we are
protesting over the ASUU strike that has lingered,
because we are tired of sitting at home; you know
that an idle man is the devil’s workshop.
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lecturers’ strike »
“We want the government to resolve the situation;
the strike has increased hardship, making us sit
idle and lose focus on our academic pursuits, ” he
said.
Secretary to Bayelsa State government, Mr.
Serena Dokubo-Spiff , in his reaction, said the
prolonged strike is the fault of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The union, which went on strike in April, due to
non-payment of backlog of salaries »
from December 2015, previously rejected the
offer of 50 percent salary by the government.
“I feel your pains. You need not to suffer what you
are suffering, but it is because ASUU has refused
to sit down with the State government,’’ Mr.
Dokubo-Spiff said.
The Bayelsa Government , the Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Mr. Jonathan
Obuebite also called on NDU students to blame
their lectures and not the government for the
situation.
University (NDU) on Wednesday, July 20, staged
a mass protest to express their displeasure over
the closure of the institution » .
The protest, which was staged in Yenagoa, saw
students marching from Mbiama Junction to the
entrance to the Government House holding
placards detailing their demands.
One placard read, “ Dickson,
Bring back NDU
lecturers, we are tired of sitting at home, we want
to go back to school. ”
Students, who spoke to SaharaReporters
expressed their worries that keeping NDU
students at home would only increase the
likelihood of them engaging in social vices.
One of them, Kemeowei James, while explaining
the reason for the protest, said, ” yes, we are
protesting over the ASUU strike that has lingered,
because we are tired of sitting at home; you know
that an idle man is the devil’s workshop.
ALSO READ: Students to go nude to protest NDU
lecturers’ strike »
“We want the government to resolve the situation;
the strike has increased hardship, making us sit
idle and lose focus on our academic pursuits, ” he
said.
Secretary to Bayelsa State government, Mr.
Serena Dokubo-Spiff , in his reaction, said the
prolonged strike is the fault of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The union, which went on strike in April, due to
non-payment of backlog of salaries »
from December 2015, previously rejected the
offer of 50 percent salary by the government.
“I feel your pains. You need not to suffer what you
are suffering, but it is because ASUU has refused
to sit down with the State government,’’ Mr.
Dokubo-Spiff said.
The Bayelsa Government , the Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Mr. Jonathan
Obuebite also called on NDU students to blame
their lectures and not the government for the
situation.
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