Nigerian students; use strike times to strive -By Mubarak Said

ASUU strike has became a halting clog in the wheel of the Nigerian educational sectors. Most likely higher institutions; (Colleges, Universities and the polytechnics) how the strike became the frequent and indescribable deviant activity. Which resulted in slowing the pace of educational system in Nigeria Together with the massive backwardness to it. The students that are expected to graduate within three or four years of study, should spend more additional years before graduation due to the menace of strike.

The sons of the elites and political boses have been sent to study abroad in different international Universities without facing any glitch due to the strike obstructions or any other educational misfunction. They graduate in expected time also with a high quality education than the ones in Nigeria.

As strike in one view or the other may not be seen as something good but honestly students may use it to necessitate a good thing instead of leaving it as wastage.

Despite the Nigeria is a nation with the highest population in Africa, one may not solely depends on government to employ him after graduation as always government working opportunities keep becoming a very hard task for a one to secure. As a student that has no sure of being employ in government institutions even after barging a degree certificate, we may make use of the time we got to learn a new skill that may make us become self reliant within and after the period of our studying.

However, there are a lot of syllabus to cover from our notes and to conduct further researches on the topics we have been taught in our classes before the commencement of the strike. Understand those to understand and cram those to be cram, this may help in passing of our exams without stress after resuming.

Our parents that had been sponsoring us by paying our registration fees, sending money and food stuffs to us while we are away somewhere not close to them studying. They also need our helps in one way or the other. We are not able to pay them for what they have been doing to us, but we must at least make them happy, make them feel they gave birth to a disciplined and learned son.

There is a great hope for the one that uses his time of strike break to strive in learning a new skill, strive in reading voraciously and in helping his parents; to prosper and to become a responsible person within the society.

Mubarak Said writes from the great city of Gombe.