By KUNGWA REJOICE TORKWASE
Health they say is wealth. It is our individual responsibility to take very good care of ourselves and that includes our health.
It is no doubt that the ASUU strike which began earlier this year on the 14th of February 2022 and was later suspended in October 2022 was a very long one and long enough for consumables which had been left over the eight months period to have expired or gone bad from lack of use.
However, following the suspension of the strike, all business centres are open on campus as well as the shops where these goods were stored before the strike. It is imperative to note that these items were locked up in these stores and there is a possibility that they may be sold back to students on campus, therefore it is important that every student should take a proper and careful look at the items they buy and their expiry dates before consumption.
The Students union government through the leadership of President Danladi Joshua Adankala, the Speaker Nanshin Prosper Lakai, and the SJC Chairman, Sunday Khitgak Ghozak had written a circular to this effect assuring students of their concern towards ensuring that goods sold within and around the school are safe and harmless to all the students. They set up a special committee with Lalu Panpe David as the chairman, Jacob Joseph Gulu as the secretary, Adediran Joshua as P.R.O, Joseph Odey Ogbagne, Walbe Silas Gowok, Sunday Emmanuel Gwomna, Mr. Luka Bako, and Uzogara Wisdom Junior all serving as members who will all work together to see to it that the aim of ensuring the welfare of all josites is accomplished.
In the same vein, the SUG charged students to check the expiry dates of everything they intend to buy before purchasing them and also report vendors who are found wanting of the crime of selling expired products to the newly elected committee who would in turn take the necessary measures towards ensuring that the shop owners do the right thing.
Students who commended the efforts of the SUG said it was a good thing that the SUG have them in mind and is concerned for them.
Dyelnan Mercy Dabuk a 200-level mining engineering student said “it is a good thing that our leaders are looking out for us but how can we report a case of buying expired goods on campus when we don’t have the contacts of the elected committee? Maybe the SUG can attach the contacts to the names of the special committee to make it easier to contact them when the need arises”.
