Some secondary school students in Nasarawa State have appealed to traditional rulers in the area to intervene in the ongoing indefinite strike by state government workers.
The students made the appeal in separate interviews in Keffi on Friday.
They said that the incessant strike by workers poses serious threat to their educational future and the socio-economic development of the state.
One of the students, Samson Ajeheh, urged traditional rulers to mediate between the state government and the organised labour to resolve the impasse in the interest of the people of the state and the overall development of the country.
“The ongoing strike by workers has affected our education negatively.
“Secondary school students did not write their promotion examination as a result of the strike by teachers.
“This strike is unfortunate and uncalled for as it is affecting our education and the socio-economic development of the state negatively.
“Everybody in this country is aware that every child deserves to have basic education from primary to secondary school.
“Once a child’s basic education is faulty, if care is not taken, the tertiary education of the child will be affected negatively also.
“In view of this, I want to appeal to our royal fathers as custodians of the people’s culture and tradition to intervene so that the dispute between the state government and labour will be resolved,’’ he said.
Haruna Aliyu, another secondary school student, said traditional rulers’ intervention would prevent the state from collapsing,
He said that the strike had crippled economic activities in the state.
“No nation can achieve speedy development without sound education,“ he averred.
Janet Audu, also a secondary school student, lamented that while private schools had closed for the session, the public ones were yet to write their promotional exams.
“Private schools across the state have closed for the session and we in public schools have not even written our promotion examination,“ she lamented.
She, therefore, called on the traditional rulers in the state to consider wading into the impasse a matter of top priority.
NAN
