Five weeks into the total abstinence of Federal Universities Staffs from work, yet all we have is just a sack-full of rumours. Over a month of wasted time and idleness among students of the highest tier of education in the country, and all we have to show for it is a trade-off of words between the presidency and Gov. Amechi, a verbal battle for political supremacy between the aged PDP and the old man in childish outfits called APC and a tirade of several other inconsequential issues.
FALL-OUTS OF THE CONTINUED ASUU STRIKE.
1. Waste of time; for both staffs and students. The unemployment situation and the years of experience required for employment would prove themselves veritable barriers to the few students who have come to the harsh reality of having to work instead of studying.
2. Economic loses for the Universities, business ventures in the affected schools and the students who have lost a month worth of their cherished allowance.
3. Increased crime rate. This stems from the fact that these unemployed, broke and exuberant youths have to invest their energy into everything idleness has to offer, this includes, alcohol, drugs, and some other jobs that may not be too legal.
4. Loss of faith in the government. A government which cannot afford to educate it's young ones without regular unwarranted pauses in each academic session, is surely not worth believing in.
5. Loss of votes in 2015, the current division in the ruling party, coupled with this strike could mean a serious threat to their bid to retain power in 2015, lets imagine them losing the votes of all the qualified aggrieved students in the next elections.
6. A bleak future for the Nation. We are all products of our past, and if death is inevitable, then sooner than later, this current crop of politicians would be inexistent, and the products of these incessant strikes would be at the helm of affairs. I love to be optimistic, but history has proven how easily bad tends to grow into worse.
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