Chukwu Uche Apostle Marcel's Comment on Vanguard' FB page
The Ultimatum from the FG to ASSU to call off their 5
months old industrial action or face been sacked,
reminds me of my days in the dormitory as a boarding
student. A student will threaten to break the head of a
fellow students if he dare crosses his path, the other
student will challenge him to a fight if he dares talk to
him any how, knowing fully well how grave the
consequences of their actions would be. The exchange
of words will continue till a mediator will come in, "guy
its ok, just leave him", the other will withdraw at the
excuse that " the don beg for you".
But if the rumbling continues without anybody coming
in-between them, in other to save a face, not to be
termed barking dogs by fellow students, one will hit
the other which will create a scene for the onlookers.
Sometimes the hall will be divided in two along the line
of class A or B, most of the times when its divided in
two rather than mediate, we would add petrol to the
already fairy furnace, by shifting the lockers and beds
there by creating an arena for the fight, one side will be
urging his man to fight harder, the other group will also
charge their men to hit harder, some times when your
man is losing you would lend a hand and so the others
man will join and it will end up group fight, leaving
some with injured heads some with severe cut in
different parts of their body.
The next morning, there would be an emergency
assembly before the morning assembly, the massage
will be communicated to us on the date to face the
disciplinary panel, after the panel, many will be
suspended, many will be expelled, many will clean the
toilet for a week or month and many others will just
receive strokes of cane, and life will continue. We would
one day all sit together, talk, joke and laugh, reminisce
over our past deeds miss those who were suspended or
expelled, we all did these because we were kids.
But I ask is FG a kid, is ASSU a kid, I assume they are,
Therefore I am appealing to Nigerians of repute not to
form cliques and support either group, but to mediate
so the gladiators will sheath their sword on the ground
that "dey don beg for you, if not" because if everyone
decides to clear the arena for the fight between ASUU
and FG to rage on, many will not only go home with
broken heads or expelled, but the entire school might
be close,
The threats of sack might go on waiting for a mediator,
but if none is forth coming, to save a face, the FG may
carry out the threat and this will be disastrous for our
dear beloved nation.
Jonathan might not want to be termed a "sacking
Fashola" but certainly would not want to be called a
barking dog.
"ASSU we dey beg for FG" do not break anybody's
head, Please no body is sacking you, just call off the
strike

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