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.”
