Maryam Adamu (a 20-year-old Gombe State University student) said that she was forced to urgently search for a husband because of the long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

Maryam lamented in an interview with Daily Sun that the strike had ruined her plans to graduate before she turned 20.

The 200-level Public Administration student claims that the strike and her stay at home have gradually killed her desire to study before she marries.

"I can't take it anymore. We are not happy with our continued stay at home after the February shutting down of academic activities. Many of us have lost our sense of humor. "As I speak now, if asked to choose between going to school or marriage, I would choose marriage," stated the student. She said that she was too enamored by her studies and had never considered marrying after graduation.

"This strike has forced me into an urgent search for a husband because that is what I could think of while staying at home with no assignments and studies to keep me busy. Most of my friends who had married earlier when marriage was a no-go area for me are today nursing their one or two children and I am in a way jealous

"ASUU and government can continue with their games, all I care about and I am worried about now is to get married so that I will not fall into things I will end up regretting because I don’t even know what I will be going back to do if schools are to be reopened today. They have killed the interest in me and so many of my school friends. My parents have now picked interest in giving me out in marriage." she added.

Hmmm, the educational system of this country needs restructuring