Students To Protest Nude In Bayelsa Because of Lecturers

Some students of the Bayelsa State-owned
Niger Delta University, Amassoma, have
taken to the streets to protest the indefinite
closure of the university.
The lecturers of the institution had on April
28 gone on an indefinite strike, following the
inability of the state governor, Seriake
Dickson to pay the backlog of workers’
salaries.
The aggrieved students in a statement by
their spokesman, Wisdom Adike, threatened
to march nude
with their books and block the Government
House if after a week studies do not resume
in the school.
As of the time the strike began, the
government owed the university staff
salaries of four months.
The students, under the aegis of the Niger
Delta Visionary Movement, also criticised
other students’ bodies such as the Student
Union Government of NDU, National Union of
Bayelsa State Students and the National
Union of Izon-Ebe Students, saying they are
puppets.
Wilson Adike said, “We wish to bring to the
notice of the general public that the strike
embarked upon by the ASUU, NDU chapter,
on April 26, 2016, over non-payment of
salaries, have led to the shutdown of the
institution for over one month now.
“This development has continued to give
parents and students great concern. Niger
Delta University being the only state owned
university is a legacy institution established
by the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
who was recently laid to rest. The institution
has not only helped in meeting the
manpower needs of the state but the entire
Niger Delta region and beyond.
Speaking further, Adike said, “We are also
using this medium to call on President
Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in his
magnanimity and benevolence in salvaging
the state from the current economic crunch
and hardship as parents and guardians
especially in the local governments of the
state have not received salaries for over 12
months, despite the release of bailout funds
by the Federal Government.”