400-Level Student Of Tai Solarin University Suspended For Leading Peaceful ProtestIn a speech last Saturday he lamented the decision of the school management merely because he led a peaceful protest where no property of the school was damaged and no school activity was interrupted.BY SAHARA REPORTERS, NEW YORKJAN 31, 2017EwetolaAbdulramon, a 400-level student of the Department of Agricultural Economicsof theTaiSolarinUniversity of Education (TASUED),and National President oftheNigeria University of Education Students Association (NUESA),has been suspended indefinitely from TASUED for his role ina protestheld earlierthismonth.In a speech last Saturdayhe lamented thedecision of theschool management merelybecause he leda peaceful protest where no property of the school was damaged and no school activity was interrupted.HenotedthatNUESA,theheadquarterof which islocated in TASUED, has also beenbanned from operating withinthe institution because of thesame protestthatled tohis suspension.'The school management held an emergency meeting because of the protest held and as an outcome of the meeting, my executives and I are being threatened that we will not graduate from the school,'Abdulramon said.Questioningthe legality of his suspension,he affirmed thatpeaceful protest is ahuman rightprovided for in the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.Abdulramonfurthernoted that he is currentlyunder'tactical'suspension, stating that he is unableto access his personal student portal, which wouldautomatically disqualify him for registering and partaking in the semester examinations and leadto an additional year for him in school.The student leaderrevealed that he has been gettingvariouscalls from lecturers andotherstudents' leaders disclosing that the school authorities do notwant him to graduate from the institution at theappropriate time, and lamentedthattheaction of the school would alsodeprive him ofthe opportunity to graduatewith a first class grade, for which he is currentlyin line.'I keep hearing that I will not graduate from TASUED and my result is beingheld up.Both the Vice Chancellor, Professor OluyemisiOluremiObilade, and Deputy Vice Chancellor, ProfessorAbayomiArigbabu, keepthreatening me day by day that I will never graduate. My Head of Department (HOD) has also been instructed to disturb me and ensure that I do not graduate.'Of the anti-poor policies of theOgun State government andthemanagement of TaiSolarinUniversity of Education, he said:'Students are being extorted and the rate of extortion is too high. Newly admitted students into undergraduateprogrammespay[an]acceptance fee of 40,000, tuition feesof 76,500 and additional tax clearance of 10,000.'SaharaReportersalso gathered that post-graduate students pay as much as 150,000 plus an acceptance fee of 40,000 naira.Comparing the current standard of education to how it was inthe recent pastwhenthecurrent crop ofpoliticalleaders received free education,Mr.Ewetolaconcluded that this generation of studentshas no choice than to manage to learn inanunconducive environment with poor facilities and learning tools and equipment.He thereforecalledon the federal government to intervene in his matter and ensure he graduates from TASUED.'I have been on scholarship which I won fromJiboku AbayomiFoundation due to incapability of my parents to fund my education, yet I am being threatened by school management that I will not graduate. Federal government and every human rights activist should please come to our rescue and ensure that my executive and I are reinstated and we enjoy every right and privilege a student of TASUED is entitled to.'http://saharareporters.com/2017/01/31/400-level-student-tai-solarin-university-suspended-leading-peaceful-protest
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