Terror attacks cutting our dreams, students tell Jonathan
March 4, 2014 by Sodiq Oyeleke
President Goodluck Jonathan
The
Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter has urged the
Federal Government to stop the killing of youngsters in the North by
suspected members of the Boko Haram.
The action of the sect, the MSSN said, was cutting the dreams of young Nigerians short.
Fifty-nine pupils of the Federal
Government College, Buni-Yadi, Yobe State were, last Tuesday, killed by
suspected Boko Haram members
But in a statement by its President,
Kaamil Kalejaiye on Monday, the society urged President Goodluck
Jonathan to seek a more dynamic approach to checking terrorism in the
country.
He said, “This is not the first time
dreams will be cut short by terrorists since the beginning of the year.
The spate of unjustified killings has now gone diabolic that we never
can tell when next the attack would occur. Neither the numbers, nor
those killed appear to be important. Lives no longer seem to count for
much. They have become sheer statistics reeled off at conferences to
authenticate information.
“We condemn these killings and all forms
of killing of innocent souls. We state once again that those who are
trying to paint Islam bad will meet their waterloo very soon. Our
condolences go to those who lost their children in Yobe, Borno and all
other places in Nigeria where these attacks are taking place.”
He added that the government had the responsibility to protect the people.
“Improvement on intelligence gathering
and provisions for the security agencies would make the volatile parts
of Nigeria peaceful again. The destructions of the past five years need
to end,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Economics
Students’ Association has called on experts and regulatory agencies to
involve students in economic summits and debates.
Their involvement, the association said, would aid economic and industrial development of the country.
The President, Obafemi Awolowo University
branch of NESA, Lanre Adeoye, spoke on behalf of the students ahead of
the association’s annual Economics Students’ Conference, which holds
between March 12 and 13.
The conference tagged, “Policy Making for
Sustainable Development in Emerging Economies: Constraints, Challenges
and Strategies”, he said, was a means of advancing the country
economically.
He said, “There is a need to promote
academic discourse beyond the theoretical among university economics
students in the country.”
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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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