Oye-Ekiti ------------- The Chairman, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti, Mr Sunday Ajimoko,  has advised students of the area against indulging in crimes, following the prolonged nationwide strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

Ajimoko spoke in an interview with reporters t in Oye -Ekiti on Thursday, adding that it was regrettable that the ongoing strike had kept all the students at home with most of them  idle and bored .

He specifically asked the students, especially  indigenes of Oye -Ekiti to stay away from social vices such as kidnapping, drug abuse, stealing, cyber crimes and rape, which could jeopardise their future.

He further said that ignorance was not an excuse in law, pointing out that the best step a student could take during the strike was to acquire skills such as tailoring, hairdressing, cake baking and barbing among other trades.

His words, ”As a parent and concerned stakeholder in education, I want to advise and equally warn our students to stay away from crimes during this prolonged strike by ASUU.

”I am aware that most of them are idle, bored and they miss their various universities but being idle can be very dangerous.

”I want to advise every student to embrace skill acquisition programmes such as tailoring, hairdressing, cake baking and barbing to enable them get busy during this period." 

According to him, acquiring skills will help the students to be properly engaged untill lecturers decide to call off their strike.

Ajimoko furthermore, said that any student caught indulging criminal activities would be arrested and prosecuted, irrespective of his or her reasons actions.