Our education not bargaining chip, OAU students lament lecturers’ strike
Our education not bargaining chip, OAU students lament lecturers’ strike The students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Sunday, said “enough is enough” regarding the delay caused to medical students by the strike embarked upon by the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria. The Students’ Union at the university, led by the President, Secretary-General, and Public Relations Officer— Omoboriowo Isaac, Babatimehin Kinfeosi, and Aka Daniel, respectively — expressed frustration, saying their members were tired of being “the collateral damage in a war we did not start.” They stated that the over two-month strike, which has paralysed academic activities for medical students, was causing their “dreams of becoming medical professionals to waste away for reasons beyond our control.” TIFEMAX NEWS reports that medical and dental students in the Colleges of Medicine and College of Health Sciences in the South-West have been bearing the brunt of th...