The President of the Students’ Union of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta has given 9 reasons the union acceded to management’s decision on reparation fees.
The university management had asked each student to pay the reparation fee after a student protest on August 18 turned violent leading to destruction of several property in the surrounding community.
The union leader, Nwenonye Dennis, in a statement on Tuesday said the students also got some concessions from relevant authorities.
Read the nine reasons below:
1. The last five weeks have been the most challenging period, not only for me personally, but also for the students’ union arising from the protest of the 18th of August, which was unfortunately hijacked. Particularly as all efforts at controlling it at camp were rebuffed by some of our irrational colleagues. I could remember I was almost lynched by some irate students at camp.
2. The protest became violent, vehicles were destroyed and burnt, and the Vice Chancellor’s church vandalized, among other destructive activities. The University was closed down till this moment.
3. The University then set up a panel, as it is the usual practice the world over to look into the unrest; determine the remote and immediate causes of the crisis and recommend way forward to the Senate. The people whose properties were also destroyed filed claims for their damaged properties and the committee evaluated their claims in monetary terms.
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