The students who recently staged a protest over fee hike by University of Ibadan (UI) have accused the institution of victimising their
The students who recently staged a protest over fee hike by University of Ibadan have accused the institution of victimising their colleagues involved in the protest. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the students, under the aegis of Fund Education Coalition, had, on may 13, protested against fee hike by the university.…The students who recently staged a protest over fee hike by University of Ibadan have accused the institution of victimising their colleagues involved in the protest.
NAN reports that the university authorities had, in a memo dated May 24 and signed by Deputy Registrar , T.I. Musa but delivered on May, 27, queried the affected students on their involvement in the protest. “If this allegation is true, your actions constitute an act of gross misconduct, particularly unruly behaviour in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor and other members of the university management.
According to him, the action taken by the university is aimed at shifting attention from the real issue which is the hike in school fees to disciplinary measures against the students involved. “And it was to remind the students’ union activists of their roles that they were coming in, not to organise parties but to fight for the interests of the students.
Speaking on this development, a source within the university who pleaded anonymity, however, dismissed the allegation of victimisation, saying that the steps taken by the university were right.“Nobody says they should not organise their protest elsewhere but not at a formal event conducted by the institution.“What these students wanted was to cause crisis in the campus, hence they raised the issue of fee increase.
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