Party Boss Tasks Rivers Elders On RSUST Crisis

The Rivers State Chairman of New Nigeria Peoples Party
(NNPP), Hon. Princewill Enyi has challenged Rivers elderstatesmen to wade into
the crisis situation facing Rivers State University of Science and Technology,
Port Harcourt.

Enyi in an interview with The Tide in his office in Port
Harcourt, expressed regret that for years the institution has been ravaged by
the crisis while elderstatesmen in the state “feel unconcerned”, noting that
their advisory roles would be enough to address the issue.

He said, “as it stands, litigation cannot be the ultimate
solution to the matter. He thus challenged the elderstatesmen to “wake up from
their Dunlop chairs and call the disagreeing parties to order for the interest
of the university.

“Imagine, RSUST, primed as the primier University of Science
and Technology in the country, but the crisis over appointment of the Vice
Chancellor was dwindling the fortunes of the institution”, he said.

According to him, progress in the state university can only
be achieved and sustained when the stakeholders pursue the dream of the
founding fathers in uniformity, stressing that with the current disagreement,
no tangible achievement can be realised.

The party boss urged the students not to take side in the
crisis but to remain neutral until the situation is properly handled.

The NNPP boss emphasised that it would amount to
unstatesmanship if the elder statesmen watch indifferently while the only state
university continue with its retrogression.

“It is not enough for the elderstatesmen to attend meetings,
collect souvenirs and abandon their advisory roles to the state”, he said,
adding that what affects the state university reflects on the progress of the
state.

He, however, urged the state government, and ASUU Chapter of
RSUST to place the interest of the state above their sectional interest and
avoid politicising the issue.

Chris Oluoh