Students of Njala University College in Sierra Leone are to return to lectures come Monday 3rd April 2017.
The students have been out of lecture room for good five months due to a sit down strike action staged by the Academic Staff Association of the university.
The reason for the strike action relates to the non payment of certain entitlements due the lecturers and other academic staff by the Government of Sierra Leone, as so claimed.
The Government of Sierra Leone on its part, says it owe Njala University nothing and that the strike action cannot be justified.
In the middle of this unclear situation are the students who were caught up in the middle. The students, left with no option, staged spontaneous and well coordinated joint strike actions in Freetown, Bo and Mokonde Junction.
The said strike actions left one person dead and a good number of students arrested, charged to court and summarily convicted for crimes related to disorderly behaviour.
Following the incidences surrounding he protest actions, the University Court which is the highest decision making body of the university, prevailed on the striking lecturers to return to the classroom almost immediately, assuring that the government will look into their concerns.
It is courtesy of this, coupled with fears that the protest actions by the students may intensify if lectures are not immediately resumed, that the lecturers deemed it fit to return to work.
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