Kogi Poly SUG calls for calm over school fees increment »

Leadership of the Student Union Government, SUG, in Kogi State Polytechnic have called for calm among the students over the recent increase in school fees saying it was purely a management decision and efforts are ongoing to engage management for a review.

President of SUG in the school, Comrade Umar Jafaru Omeiza made this known in a press briefing on Friday, 10th January, 2020, after a joint meeting with student leaders in Lokoja.

The statement reads; “It has been a cause of concern and worry over the week over the increment in our school fees and as a union, we swung into action by engaging in dialogues with relevant stakeholders for a transparent outcome.

“After meeting with some principal officers of the institution, we have come to a point where a committee is set up to look into the issue and proffer a possible balance while we advise that management should maintain status quo on the previous school fee.

While we so much appreciate the goodly interest of the management to uplifting the institution to enviable position among several institutions in Nigeria, we also challenge the committee to fast track the interface with the student leaders to enable us have a clear cut road map.

“We admonish students to remain law abiding and not to cause any unrest as all issues will be addressed amicably in the ultimate interest of the students and the institution”.

The union also acknowledged the developmental stride of the Rector of the Polytechnic within his one year in office. And called on the state government to expedite the completion of hostels in the school.

“Finally, we also use this medium to draw the attention if the Governor, as a Visitor of the institution and a lover of education to look into the hostel issues of the institution as it will also compliment the giant security measures put in place for Kogi state”. Omeiza said.