By our Reporter
Following the protest that led the Students of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State to lock the school gate in protest against the ban on commercial vehicles and motorcycles on campus; the management reversed the action.
Mr Isiaka Tunji Agboola, the Registrar of the institution, announced the reversal in a memo dated 15th September.
“This is to explain that the ban on students’ vehicles and motorcycles entering the campuses of the polytechnic is completely lifted,” the memo stated.
“In view of the above, students vehicles and motorcycles are now allowed into the campuses, however, they should maintain law and order.”
Earlier on Thursday, the students had shut the school gate in protest against the hardship inflicted on them by the ban.
They occupied the school entrance and prevented the lecturers and other staff of the polytechnic from accessing their offices.
They also demanded the immediate suspension of the school’s Chief Security Officer, alleging that he has “no leadership quality to head the polytechnic security unit.”
They carried placards with inscriptions such as “CSO must go”, “Our cars should move freely”, “enough is enough CSO” among others.
Adepoju Olusegun, President of the Student Union Government, who led the protest, said students of the polytechnic are fed up with the hardship they go through on transportation.