Students condemn Students' Union ban

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April 25, 2016 10:24 AM

The students will have to sign undertakings to be of be good behaviour before they can be allowed in the school.

UNILAG protest

Nigerian students have condemned the temporary ban placed on the University of Lagos Students Union by the management of the school.

The union was suspended following the protest staged by UNILAG students earlier this month. The protest led the University Senate to shut down the school.

It was earlier reported that the senate has directed that academic activities in the school will resume on May 2. The senate also said the students will have to sign undertakings to be of be good behaviour before they can be allowed to continue their studies.

In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the Students’ Union, Jumai Fabuyi, said students should not sign the undertaking or pay any fee demanded by the management.

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“As the management did not communicate with the UNION at all to deliberate or discuss the students’ welfare. We would NEVER agree to such,” he said.

“Why should we sign a form to be readmitted? Don’t you smell a rat? Don’t you feel there might be more to the situation than we see?

“Why is the Union suspended? For staging a peaceful protest?” he asked rhetorically.

Femi Adeniji, president of the UNILAG Press Club, in a statement said that the management has not addressed the issues raised during the protest.

The Nigerian Campus Editors has also asked the university management to amicably resolve its grievances with the student leaders.

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The editors made their stance known in a statement signed by the national secretary general, Abdulganiy Shehu, a student of the University of Ilorin, and national vice president, Chukwu Daniel, a student of the University of Lagos.

“We have noticed the sad situation in UNILAG. It is painful that in era of Democracy, the university management wants to ensure that students have no voice even as Democracy gives voice tothe voiceless.

“We call on the university management to give common sense a chance,” the campus editors said.

Another student leader at the University of Lagos said the suspension of the union would only take its activities underground, PremiumTimes reports.

Emmanuel Afolabi, the General Secretary of the Students’ Union said the union would continue its activities silently despite the ban.

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