Mandela reacts: says his call for solidarity is not for a March but for diplomacy

RE: Mandela calls for solidarity March in support of UNEC'S Aluta Struggle, and against the ill treatment of the school's administration on them.

http://unnameboh.blogspot.com/2016/06/i-stand-with-unec-students-hm.html



In reaction to that headline above, I want to categorically state that the solidarity Mandela calls for is not a March!


I'm inviting our students' leaders to chart a solidarity course to our SUG here on campus. This is because we believe we can avoid this tension on the air around the school.

Specifically, I said that we are going to use diplomacy. I also sent some messages to our SUG President regarding that so that we can start persuading the authority to do something about our sister campus since there are finalists amongst them too.

Let it not look as if we are fuelling violence on campus. Most times, instead of keeping quiet, it's better to stand up and ask questions, demand something, suggest something, make them know we feel something.

The aim of the meeting tomorrow is to have a body that would approach SUG to do something on behalf of our sister campus.

Diplomatically, we can hasten their return to school. We know that some of us are hot but we have to be wise too so that we don't lose both ends.

Ameboh, thanks for making the voices of students heard. I also anticipate the headline be recast to suit our intention.

I wrote the above statement as regards the headline which is not inline with our intentions around 4:56pm yesterday before the dean called me around to 7pm.

Organising a protest in UNN is not our intention. It hardly works because of the type of students we have here, and the type of environment we are in. I need not stress that.

Further, my attention wasn't sought for before the publication as you can see that the write-up has some errors.

But, abeg, no pity me ooo. I've done nothing wrong.

Maka onye a na asi 'maka GP gi'.

Know also that GP isn't everything. It is just something.