Some students at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Nigeria, Wednesday reacted to their accumulated house rents as hope grows for a potential cancellation of the eight-month-long industrial action initiated by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
Ejike, one of them, expressed her desire for them to restart their academic pursuits. Ejike stays in a luxury hostel in Ifite. My greatest concern, though, is the growing amount of my house rent.
"I didn't renew it because of the strike when it expired in April. Because my landlord has threatened to evict me even while I am not in school, I haven't been returning his calls.
Ifeoma Ejike attends the university's Faculty of Engineering. "Students are the victims of this ASUU strike," she declared. The lecturers and non-academic personnel will be paid their backlogs, but students are responsible for paying extra school fees, unpaid rent, and other expenses. The federal government ought to investigate our predicament as well.
We built our houses to make profits, and a landlord who does not want his name used claimed. Some took out bank loans. We also teach and feed our children. Our investment is the rented homes. My rent must be fully paid by tenants. In my home, there are roughly thirty students.
ASUU began its strike on February 14 of this year in protest against the Federal Government's failure to honor the union's agreements, which included adequate funding for higher education.
Last Monday, the Abuja Court of Appeal ordered ASUU to end the strike "with immediate effect."
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