Students beg Amosun to pay teachers to enable them return to school

Some students in public primary and
secondary schools in Ogun on Thursday
called on Ibikunle Amosun, governor of
the state, to attend to the demands of
striking workers in the state.
The students, who spoke in Abeokuta,
capital of the state, described the strike
as “very unfortunate”.
Samson Asade, an SSS 2 student of
African Church Grammar School,
Abeokuta, called for early resolution of
the crisis.
He said his colleagues in private schools
were already ahead, urging the
government to cooperate with the workers
to end the strike.
“I am not happy with the strike, our
teachers too are not happy. That is why
am appealing to the government to find a
lasting solution to this crisis as soon as
possible,” he said.
“The private schools are already ahead of
us and when we resume our teachers will
be rushing us so as to cover the syllabus
and this is not too good for our
education.”
Another student, Ife Salako of Catholic
Comprehensive High School in Abeokuta,
said the strike would expose some of the
students to activities that could destroy
their future.
Salako appealed to both the government
and labour unions to reach concrete
agreements and put an end to the strike.
Ajobiewe Hammed, an SSS 1 student of
African Church Grammar School, said
labour unions should look for other
means to press home their demands
rather than downing tools.
“The unions should always look for other
means to press home their demands
instead of going on strike all the time
because the strike will affect the students
more,” Hammed said.
“Government should not toy with the
welfare of civil servants; they have
families too that they feed every day.
“We want government to give them their
cooperative deductions, gratuities,
salaries and I pray that God should help
the governor to deliver on his promises.”
Students from other primary schools said
they were optimistic that the strike would
soon be over.
Workers in Ogun,under the aegis of Joint
National Public Service Negotiating
Council, embarked on indefinite strike on
October 20 over government’s failure to
meet their demands.