Press Council TPI
The Polytechnic, Ibadan Students’ Union Government has withdraw itself from participating in the forthcoming actions of shutting down Oyo State owned tertiary Institution by the Oyo State NANS JCC.
It was gathered that the JCC leadership planned to protest in order to show their agitations to the state government over the gateway charges being paid by students of Oyo State owned tetiary Institutions.
According to a press statement by the SUG President; The Polytechnic, Ibadan in person of Comrade Fadare Blessing,
“Due to the issue of the gateway charges on the Oyo State Students payment portal, The OYO-STATE NANS JCC has declared a total shut down of all Government-owned Institutions in the State starting from Monday 1st March 2021 until the State Governor himself swings into immediate action”
“Our position as the Students’ Union Government of The Polytechnic, Ibadan
The Polytechnic, Ibadan will not partake in the total shutdown commencing on Monday, not because we wish or want to disobey the Joint Campus Committee’s decision but because the school just came back to life last week Monday when the Non-Academic Staff Union suspended the strike a few days ago”
“Also, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, cannot be compared to other Institutions in the State that have completed their activities and examination for the Session.
The Polytechnic, Ibadan students will not support the shutting down of the school gate because we cannot keep wasting our time. After all, two years course is gradually becoming four years course.
Normal activities will continue on campus starting from Monday.
Lastly, the state government should call on the JCC leadership to find a solution to these lingering issues as dialogue is the best way to resolve issues” he said.
However, the Union through the president urged every concerned quarters to work in synergy so as to make education in Oyo State more standard.
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