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Prominent Nigerian School, Ibadan Polytechnic Suspends Students Union Govt, Postpones Exams Over Protest Against Hike In Hostel Fee

Polytechnic
January 9, 2023

The management of the polytechnic also postponed its first-semester examination initially scheduled to start on Monday, January 9, 2023, over the protest.

The leadership of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, has suspended the school’s Students’ Union Government over students' protest against the increment of the school's hostel fee.

 

The management of the polytechnic also postponed its first-semester examination initially scheduled to start on Monday, January 9, 2023, over the protest.

The students earlier on Monday protested an increment in hostel refusal fees, the Punch reports.

 

Following the protest, the Registrar of the school, Mrs Modupe Fawale, in a statement said that the examination had been postponed until further notice and that the Students’ Union Government had been suspended indefinitely.

 

Fawale described the protest as ill-motivated with a political undertone, claiming that the students’ union body had not made a formal complaint to the school management concerning the examination slated to commence on Monday (today).

 

The registrar further stated that the students Union breached the rule of decency by locking all the gates that lead to the school and thereby causing unwarranted hardship to their colleagues, staff members, host communities, neighbouring University of Ibadan and the general public at large, especially those that have official transactions with the school.

The statement said, “It is on record that The Polytechnic, Ibadan students pay one of the lowest tuition fees among their contemporaries in the South-West. Payment of tuition has been made flexible and convenient as students pay 60 per cent of the tuition fee during the first semester and pay the remaining 40 per cent during the second semester. The Institution has not increased tuition in the last couple of years.

 

“Protesting on a day that they should be sober and commence their examination which is a major academic activity leading to the award of their diploma is ill-advised, politically motivated and therefore of no reasonable value to the students and indeed to the development of education.”

 

“The Management is reviewing the situation and will issue a statement on when the suspended examination will commence. We appeal to the students to return to class and prepare for their examination. We also appeal to the parents and guardians to call their wards to order,” the statement added.

 

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