Students Beg Kogi Varsity Lecturers To Call Off 3-Month Strike

The Students of Kogi State university have appealed to lecturers in Kogi State University, Ayangba, to call off their three months old strike.The students, under the aegis of National Association of Kogi

State Students (NAKOSS), made the appeal today July 12, in Lokoja during a press conference.The President of NAKOSS, Mr Ahamadu Ibrahim, told newsmen that students and parents had been at the
receiving end of the lecturers’ action, saying it was time they have a rethink.“We are tired of staying at home.“Since Governor Yahaya Bello had already met 80 per cent of their demands, the lecturers should call off the strike to pave a way for the remaining unresolved matters to be thrashed through round table discussion,’’ Ibrahim pleadedHe urged the lecturers to be mindful of the negative implications of the continued closure of the institution, saying that the future of the state and its citizens was at stake.