By our Reporter
Today marks Day 5 where the students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State had embarked on a protest on Thursday morning to state their displeasure over the increase in school, miscellaneous fees by the authorities of the institution.
The protest which started on Monday had led to gridlock as vehicles could not move.
Policemen were also at the location as an officer was seen, appealing to the protesting students to leave the road so that the vehicles could move.
Speaking with a Mass Communication student of the school said that the protest started since Monday and was meant to press home their demands.
He said that the purpose of the protest bordered on outrageous miscellaneous fees, ban on social life and bad roads which have claimed many lives of the students.
“About, the students sitting on the road to protest, that actually happened on the third day -Wednesday-when the heavily armed policemen banned us from protesting at our usual spot, and we decided to go to the main road. Although there was no harassment from the policemen, nobody was killed and none was injured.
It was learnt that the NANS president was at the protest ground to address the protesting students and the location of the protest was moved.
There has been a statement from the school management that our grievances would be looked into but yet the student had continued.
An associate lecturer (name and department withheld) said the government need to intervene in the running of the school.
He said: Salaries are being owned,part time lectures are owned over 4 year session allowance and the Government had refused to constitute a council for the Polytechnic. Worst still,the school is understaffed.
The school later in a statement said an agreement had been reached with the students.
The Head, Public Relations and Protocol, Yemi Ajibola, said, “This is to inform all students, other stakeholders and the general public of Moshood Abiola polytechnic, Abeokuta that normal academic activities will continue on Thursday, 20th January, 2022 following the amicable resolution of the National Association of Nigerian Students’ (NANS) protest.”
But on thursday,academic activities was yet to commence and even today friday,the protest still continued with a sit at home from both Staff and Students except for a few members of the management seen assessing the Polytechnic.