By FESTUS AHON
UGHELLI—LEADERSHIP of National Association of Delta State Students Union, NADESSTU, has said it was committed to working with Delta State Government to improve the fortunes of students of the state origin.

NADESSTU, in a statement by its national Public Relations Officer, Mr Harrison Oritseweyinmi, said they were compelled to react to recent media reports.

He said: “We are partners in progress; therefore, we cannot intimidate and will not attempt to intimidate or embarrass a government that increased students’ bursary by 100 per cent.”

Noting that the bursary was being paid regularly, it stated that the state government had also awarded scholarships to both undergraduate and post graduate students of the state origin.

The union insisted that it could not afford to fight a government that had employed, appointed and empowered a crop of former student leaders in the state, saying, “the government had also provided vehicles for NADESSTU to ease its activities.

“We are sure that what may have led to the comment by government may not be from NADESSTU.”