Frustrated by the continued strikes embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nigerian students have taken to the microblogging platform, Twitter, to demand an end to the industrial action.
The students said both the Federal Government and ASUU are simply wasting away the lives of the students with their enforced stay at home.
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The hashtag, #ASUUStrikeMustEnd, is on Number Two on the Twitter trend list in Nigeria with over 2,000 tweets in the last few hours.
In several tweets monitored by The Quest, the students said they are tired of staying at home as a result of the lack of agreement between the federal government and ASUU.
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Some of the tweets are as follow:
Teco Obi (@affrencino) said “If you’re a Nigerian Student, or you went through a Nigerian University, you can’t be silent, help us fight for our future! Lend your voice by retweeting and liking this post.” https://twitter.com/affrencino/status/1525014762194616322?s=20&t=ByTT_InA_TeP6izwtEQpTQ
Another twitter user BIG JOHN (@BIIG_JOHNN) said “We need attention…this strike should be call off our future is wasting.” https://twitter.com/BIIG_JOHNN/status/1525053500799041537?s=20&t=ByTT_InA_TeP6izwtEQpTQ
Facecopro (@Facecopro) on his part said “Many dropped out of school, unwanted pregnancy,forced to joined different cult groups out of frustration of staying at home. Increasing cyber fraud and many more . The outcome of these strikes are always not palatable.” https://twitter.com/Facecopro/status/1525019650324586501?s=20&t=ByTT_InA_TeP6izwtEQpTQ
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Chidinma (@Chidimzz) said on her part that politicians are only interested in ruining students’ lives rather than giving them good education. She said “Giving students 5k incentives to register as adhoc electoral officials is the height of No Shame… @MBuhari come and see what you and your govt is costing the nation.” https://twitter.com/Chidimzz/status/1525018692903391233?s=20&t=ByTT_InA_TeP6izwtEQpTQ
ASUU has embarked on industrial action since March over the federal government’s implementation of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in the universities.
