MAPOLY Shutdown Over Increment In Miscellaneous Payment (Photos)

Concerned students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) protested at the school gate over the recent increment in clearance fees, loss of receipt and other miscellaneous fees, Siggy reports.

The protest has the school gate locked against entry with teaching staff, non-teaching staff plus administrative staff prevented from gaining entrance into the school.

Placards are being displayed in respect to the protest and some of them have the inscriptions: “Rector should stop billing students”, “No room for unnecessary charges.”

The students, therefore, gave the State government a 72-hour ultimatum to attend to all the 11-point demands they raised at the protest.

The students, who stormed the polytechnic as early as 8 am, were led by the Chairman, Nations Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun JCC, Comrade Damilola Simeon Kehinde.

The agrieved students accused the Acting Rector of the polytechnic, Dr. Adeoye Odedeji of mismanaging the resources of the institution.

“We want the anti-graft agencies to investigate the Rectors claim that The state government has refused to fund the school and that the school has nothing more than 10 million naira in her treasury”.

“We demand the immediate establishment of Governing Council and appointment of Substantive Rector in MAPOLY.

“Total fee of final year clearance has always been N11,000 but now it it N55,000. We demand that this be reversed.

“The mode of payment of school fees use to be ratio 60/40 which can be paid twice in two semesters, but the management had resorted to 100% one time payment. We demand that this be reviewed at once.

“MAPOLY road from Iyana Oloke, Olorunsogo and Agbena took more lives than what could be imagined due to its deplorable state. We demand a lasting solution once and for all

“Maximum security on and off campus. Eradication of extortion from police force within the school environment is obviously rampant and we have complained to the Management but all had turned on deaf ears.

“We demand immediate reduction of acceptance fee and medical fee. We demand Addition of Marcopolo buses for students welfarism.

“We say no to the unreasonable extortion by the transport Union on Our Campus and demand that the price be returned to the normal 50naira per trip that was on ground.

“That The school management should reverse their decision of killing the social life and activities on Our Campus.

“We say no to the management ban of Students bringing cars into the campus during and beyond exam periods”, Comrade Damilola Simeon said.

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