Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Closed Down As Students Protest

The authorities of the Ondo State have closed down the state owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo  following a protest by the students against the decision of the authorities to ensure that students who have not paid their school fees will not take part in the unified mid semester test.

 

Despite heavy downpour on Tuesday, some of the students were seen leaving the campus following the two week break declared by the polytechnic authorities before Channels Television crew got to the institution premises.

The security officials of the institution, despite the rain, conducted Channels TV crew around some of the buildings torched by the angry students.

Some lecture rooms, a commercial bank on the campus and a female hall of residence were torched by the students.

The Rector of the Polytechnic, Profession Igbekele Ajibefun, says the mid-semester test which the students were protesting against had been cancelled.

He insisted that the protest was hijacked by some hoodlums who were not students of the polytechnic.

On his part, the Students’ Union President, Akin Ayepala, said the protest was due to the condition the institution’s authority put on the mid-semester test.

Normalcy has since returned to the campus as the management and Students’ Union Government have decided to embark on dialogue to settle the dispute that resulted in the protest