FUTMINNA Students Fined N4,950 Each

Want to encourage or join a protest in your school? Think again as the repercussions may not be palatable as you might think.

Students of the Federal University of Technology, FUTMINNA have been ordered to pay N4,950 each, to enable the school effect repairs on structures they damaged during a riot on Feb. 15.

A management statement signed by Lydia Legbo, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, also said that the resumption date, earlier fixed for March 2, had been shifted to March 20.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the school was closed down on February 16, after the students went haywire the previous day, following the death of their colleague. The deceased, 23-year-old Yeye Olalekan, a chemistry student, had slumped while playing football, and was rushed to the school clinic where he later died, a development that infuriated the students.

With the students poised to continue their protest on February 16, the management promptly closed the school and directed them to proceed on mid-semester break. Mrs. Legbo, in her statement, said that management had to postpone the resumption date to allow for more time to complete repairs work on damaged structures and also seek replacements for items totally destroyed.

It said that normal academic activities would commence on March 20.

Source: NAN