OOU scraps Students Union

The management of Olabisi Onabanjo University has scrapped the

Governor Ibikunle Amosun

University Students Union following the students protest against 40% reduction in school fees across the state’s tertiary institutions.

The management announced yesterday that the SUG was proscribed because it was collaborating with unregistered group and external influence.

The students led by the Union President, Ifade Olusegun recently marched down to the governor’s office at Oke mosan to demonstrate their grievance about the fee slash.

The students argued that the fee reduction is a political gimmick and a belated gesture. They therefore want the governor to further reduce it and implement it instantly rather next year as announced by the state governor, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun.

The government therefore shut down the school on Saturday as the protests took a violent dimension.

Reacting to the proscription, the SUG President said the University lack power to proscribe the union as the body is a constitutional right.

OOU Main gate

“The formulation of the Students’ Union was by the entire Students of OOU in respect to their right of freedom of association which is entrenched in the constitution of the 1999 Federal Republic of Nigeria, and so, the school singularly lacks the constitutional power to proscribe the Union”. He said.

On the other hand, the University Acting Registrar said that the school would call for a parents meeting forum to discuss the closure of the institution and the way forward.

Interestingly, students from other tertiary institutions in the state including Federal government owned school in Abeokuta had paid solidarity visit to the governor to appreciate his gesture.

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