ASUU strike, a threat to national security – UniJos students

Students Union Government (SUG) of University of Jos (UniJos) has said that the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was a threat to national security.

President of the union, Ajik Magaji, who said this on Wednesday, added that the strikes make students take to crime and social vices, thereby endangering the future of the nation.

He said: “As the adage says, ‘an idle man is the devil’s workshop’, so is an idle student. The present security challenges facing the country will be worse if students continue to stay at home.

The SUG president said that students had become ready tools in the hands of ‘evil men’ who do not wish the nation well, because of the continuous closures of the schools.

He said many students had died because of `aimless journeys’ from one part of the country to another in absence of their class works.

“There are also increases in the cases on early pregnancies among female students because they are not meaningfully engaged,” he added.

The student leader said he wondered why the federal government had reneged on the agreement it entered with ASUU since 2009.

“The federal government and ASUU should look for a way of resolving the issues, so that students will return to classes and acquire the education they need to contribute for the development of the nation,” he said.