MAPOLY students protest as lecturers’ strike stalled semester exams

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- Hundreds of students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) on Monday, December 18, troop out in protest

- The students are protesting the delay in commencement of their semester exams

- The scheduled semester exams were stalled since the institution’s lecturers embarked on strike a few months ago

Hundreds of students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) on Monday, December 18, blocked parts of the Abeokuta metropolis in protest of the delay in commencement of their semester examinations, Premium Times reports.

NAIJ.com gathered that the protesters were seen carrying anti-government placards, on major streets of the town, marching towards the governor’s office at Oke-Mosan.

MAPOLY students protesting. Photo credit: Premium Times

The students' leaders also reportedly had a letter of protest they wanted to submit to the governor.

The state government and the lecturers of the institution have been having issues over the former’s conversion of the polytechnic to university status and subsequent relocation of the polytechnic to Ipokia, a border town in the state.

The lecturers embarked on strike alleging that the state government did not follow the criteria set by the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE).

They vowed not to resume at the new school premises until the government followed due process.

The lecturers’ strike has stalled the institution’s scheduled semester examinations and crippled other academic activities for over three months.

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The protesters were reportedly being monitored by police and other security operatives.

NAIJ.com previously reported that the crisis rocking the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) took a new turn recently as fingers were pointing in the direction of the school's governing council for allegedly creating chaos in the polytechnic.

Sources in the know said the governing council abandoned the selection of a registrar midway into its recruitment process to hurriedly conclude the process of appointing a new rector for the institution.

Rather than appointing a substantive registrar, the council was said to have abandoned the process and appointed one Olumuyiwa Doherty as the acting registrar, after the tenure of the former registrar, Ms. Biekoroma Charity Amapakabo expired.

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