Students beg President Jonathan to wade into ASUU strikeAbakaliki – Students of the Ebonyi StateUniversity (EBSU) on Friday beggedPresident Gooodluck Jonathan to wade intothe lingering ASUU and Federal Governmentcrisis.The students said that they looked up to MrPresident to personally intervene in theface-off.Mr Louis Onwe, a 300-level biochemistrystudent said: ‘’His intervention into theongoing crisis will lead to timely resolutionof the impasse and resumption of academicwork.’’He said that since the president enjoyedenormous goodwill with the union, it wouldlisten to him if he intervened personally inthe face-off.“ASUU demands are quite germane as it willboost research and development ofinfrastructures in the universities,’’ Onwesaid.Mr Kelechukwu Anyigor, also a 300-levelstudent of biochemistry, said they wereoptimistic that Jonathan’s intervention wasneeded to quickly resolve the strike.“Our president enjoys tremendous goodwillbecause of his human rights records, andhis attempt to reposition the country’seconomy.“It is our candid belief that if he personallyintervenes in the matter, ASUU will listen tohim in the interest of the students and thenation at large,’’ Anyigor said.Mr Michael Otuu of the Department ofBusiness Administration, called on thepresident to rise above politics and wadeinto the crisis in the interest of Nigerianstudents and university education.According to him, the indefinite strikealready in its fifth week is having anegative toll on the academic pursuit ofuniversity students in the country.Otuu called on well meaning Nigerians toprevail on the federal government toaccede to the demands of ASUU in theinterest of industrial harmony in thesystem.The National President of ASUU, Dr IsaFagge, declared a nationwide indefinitestrike on July 1 to protest the failure of thegovernment to honour the 2009agreements it reached with ASUU. (NAN)