By Yusuf Olukokun
The Federal Government of Nigeria, FGN, has diplomatically intervened against the deportation of Nigerian students from United Kingdom due to financial crisis they are facing.
According to an international media house, BBC, Teesside University threw Nigerian students off some courses due to lack of currency to pay school fees and also reported them to the Home Office, where they had been ordered to leave the country.
A delegation led by a Nigerian Ambassador will have a rendezvous with the management of the University to avert the “unfair and unjust deportation orders” according to the spokesman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NDICOM).
Teesside University in Middlesbrough said it is supporting students, and will be willing to have the meeting.
The intervention for Nigerian Students in the University occurred after the Masters degree students were clogged against entering the premises by Home Office.
Many of the students had been struggling to pay for the fees after Nigerian currency, “Naira”, lost its value in the international market.
However, the spokesman of the University said the inability to pay is absolutely against the ethics on which visa sponsorship was granted. So, the University had to alert the home office.
It had been reportedly noted that some students were feeling suicidal already after being ordered to leave the country.
The intervention of NDICOM is now in place as the Chairperson, Hon. Abike Dabiri and Nigeria High Commission UK Ambassador, Christian Okeke as well as the President of Nigerian students, Yemi Soile, appealed for calm among students while also imploring them not to take laws into their hands.