The Vice Chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Bako Abdulrahman, has blamed students’ idleness due to the ongoing ASUU strike action for the increase in social vices in the country.
Bako, who made this known in Minna on Tuesday during the NLC nationwide solidarity protest in support of ASUU against the continued closure of tertiary institutions across the country, said staying at home has led to the students engaging in several social vices.
The NLC vice chairman also said that the continued strike had plunged ASUU members into untold hardship due to the stoppage of their salaries.
Bako called on Nigerians to ensure that they get their PVCs as it would be the weapon to use in voting for competent leaders who have the people’s interest at heart.
“The PVC is an agent of change. During elections, the civil servants and ASUU are used as returning officers. We have the weapon to deal with them. We have the weapon to bring in those we want to rule us. We cannot allow miscreants to continue to preside over our destiny,” the Vice Chairman stated.
The president of the National Association of Niger State Students, Saliha Buhari, said the students are planning to initiate a ‘no resumption, no election’ policy.
She said they would ensure that elections do not hold if they do not go back to school.
According to her, students are left with no option but to vote for the opposition parties because the APC government has shown a total lack of interest in the education of the children of the masses.
“To every student, please get your PVC. Your PVC is your weapon to get the change desired. If ASUU demands are not met, and we are not called back to our various campuses, we will implement the ‘no resumption, no election’ move.
” If we do not go back to our schools, we are going to call on all Nigerian students to vote for the opposition party because the APC government has shown us that they will not give our education priority. They do not care about us or want us to go to school. We are tired. Enough is enough”, she said.
