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  • ‘Governor’s intervention brought new lease of life to RUGIPO’

    ‘Governor’s intervention brought new lease of life to RUGIPO’

    The Acting Rector of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO) in Ondo State, Mr Olorunwa Adegun, has lauded Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for revitalising the state owned-institution through timely interventions that have restored stability and progress.

    He said the governor’s commitment to education, particularly in addressing the institution’s financial challenges and infrastructural needs, had given the polytechnic a “new lease of life” after years of neglect and uncertainty.

    Speaking during the institution’s combined 12th to 23rd convocations at the weekend, the acting rector praised Aiyedatiwa for releasing special intervention funds and increasing the school’s monthly subvention, which had allowed the payment of full salaries.

    He said the governor also funded accreditation of 68 programmes and reopened the institution’s staff schools.

    Adegun described the 12th to 23rd  combined convocations as a symbol of recovery after 12 years, lauding the workers, unions and alumni for their support toward rebuilding the polytechnic.

    Governor Aiyedatiwa announced the clearance of salary arrears owed to workers of RUGIPO.

    ‎He described the development as a miracle long awaited and a demonstration of his administration’s sincerity of purpose.

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    He said the gesture was a milestone in his government’s efforts to restore stability and morale to the state-owned institution.

    Aiyedatiwa said the arrears, which had dragged on for months before his intervention, were cleared to enable workers focus on their academic duties.

    He said three special intervention funds had earlier been released to reduce the backlog before the government finally offset the remaining balance.

    He said the polytechnic’s prolonged financial challenges had crippled academic activities and weakened the confidence of workers and students, but assured them that the reforms being implemented would ensure such a situation never repeated itself.

    ”When I became acting governor and later substantive governor of the state, the most daunting challenge confronting the polytechnic was the backlog of salary arrears of 13 months. Realising that no meaningful teaching and learning could take place in an institution where workers are owed accumulated salaries, our administration took decisive steps to address the challenge.

    ”In three separate instances, we approved and released special intervention funds for the payment of these outstanding salaries. We are not done yet, three months are still outstanding as I speak to you, but that miracle is about to happen right now.

    ”To the workers and leadership of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, the only miracle happening today is the clearing of the outstanding salaries. I hereby approve that the remaining arrears be paid.

    ”Let me say this, it is not because we could not make that payment before this day, but I purposely reserved it so that all of you can hear it,” he said.

    Aiyedatiwa commended the staff unions of the polytechnic for showing restraint and choosing dialogue during turbulent times. He said their maturity and patriotism gave the government room to find sustainable solutions to the crisis.

    The governor reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to fairness and justice in the institution, disclosing that a review had begun into past administrative decisions that affected some workers, with a view to ensuring equity and transparency.

    He confirmed the full reopening of the polytechnic’s staff school, which had been shut for years, and promised immediate renovation of the facility and provision of a school bus to support teaching and learning.

    Aiyedatiwa said his administration remained committed to repositioning education across all levels in Ondo State, adding that the goal was to produce graduates who would be employers of labour and innovators, rather than job seekers.

  • TETFund allocates N8.18bn to RUGIPO for infrastructural development

    TETFund allocates N8.18bn to RUGIPO for infrastructural development

    The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has allocated N8.18 billion to the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO) in Ondo State for infrastructural development since 2011.

    The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Mr. Sonny Echono, made this known during the inauguration of five landmark projects at the state-owned polytechnic as part of activities marking its combined 12th to 23rd Convocation Ceremonies.

    Echono, represented by the Director, Monitoring and Evaluation of TETFund, Arch. Babatunde Olajide, said that the institution had so far accessed N5.57 billion from the fund, leaving a balance of N2.61 billion committed to other ongoing projects on the campus.

    He explained the newly commissioned TETFund-sponsored projects, which include the Faculty of Applied Sciences building, Faculty of Engineering Technology building, 250-seater twin lecture theatre and construction and furnishing of academic staff offices, are collectively worth over N1.7 billion.

    According to him, the projects with many others currently ongoing on the campus-reflect the President Bola Tinubu administration’s commitment to improving infrastructure and academic standards across Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.

    Echono commended RUGIPO for the judicious utilization of intervention funds, noting that all sponsored projects were completed to specification despite economic challenges. 

    He urged the institution to ensure proper maintenance of all facilities.

    Acting Rector of RUGIPO, Olorunwa Adegun said the polytechnic had sustained a tradition of excellence and accountability by ensuring effective use of all infrastructural facilities.

    Adegun lauded TETFund for its transformative contributions to the growth of the institution since it became a beneficiary of the government’s intervention scheme.

    He appealed to the TETFund to consider the polytechnic for inclusion in the 2026 Special Intervention and Special High Impact Intervention, noting that the gesture would enable the polytechnic to establish a modern health centre and construct additional hostels for students.

  • RUGIPO alumni flays negative stories on alma mater

    Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo-State (RUGIPO alumni has debunked the negative stories about the institution.

    It said they were being sponsored by some unions that are against reforms being implemented by the Rectorn, Mr. Adebola Ogundaisi, and the Governing Council.

    At the quarterly general meeting of the Lagos State chapter of the body, in Magodo, Lagos, the alumni’s National President, Elder Tope Omolayo, alleged that the unions were opposed to the reforms.

    Omolayo said: “I want to urge you not to lose focus. Our school is progressing in all ramifications. The negative stories you are reading in the press are being sponsored by some fifth columnists within the institution who want business to continue as usual.

    “We have blocked money-for-mark policy in RUGIPO. A situation whereby students pay N50,000, N40,000 and N30,000 to lecturers for grades of their choice is gone for good in our alma mater.

    “We have also pushed the management to make it a matter of policy that lecturers should stop conducting impromptu tests. Students must be notified before they write test so that they can prepare well.”

    He continued: “The activity of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has been suspended in RUGIPO because they were caught in too many webs of corruption.

    “My people, do you know that Rufus Giwa Poly, Owo has 26 deputy registrars and 16 chief nurses? What are they doing in just one school? What are 16 chief nurses doing in RUGIPO when we are not a Teaching Hospital? Not even the almighty university of Ibadan Teaching Hospital has 16 chief nurses.

    “Therefore, as a result of some of these sleazes, staff unions who are apparently benefitting from these retrogressive developments are opposed to reforms being initiated by the management in conjunction with the polytechnic governing council.”

    The Chairman RUGIPO Alumni Association  Lagos State Chapter, Mr. Olupitan Adebayo, added that  RUGIPO has been ranked eighth out of about 100 polytechnics in the country by the National Board for Technical Education (NABTE).

    Adebayo said due to many progressive reforms being implemented by the management with the support of the institution’s governing council, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has approved the construction of “Centre of Excellence”, a three storey building for RUGIPO alongside the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

    He said before the end of the  month, a new building would be ready for the use of the Rector, Registrar and Bursar.

    Adebayo urged members of the alumni body to contribute to the development of the institution, stressing that without donations and endowments from the body, there’s no way the institution could achieve the dream of her founding fathers.

  • RUGIPO to begin degree programmes

    From next academic session Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Ondo State will begin degree programmes in at least 16 courses.

    The institution will also introduce additional 29 ND and HND courses if approved by its regulatory body, the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE).

    The Acting Rector, Mr Gani Ogundahunsi, dropped the hint with CAMPUSLIFE in his office.

    Ogundahunsi said RUGIPO was partnering the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in the award of the degree.

    He said the move was perfected at a deliberation attended by the Vice-Chancellor of OAU, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede; and representatives of the National Universities Commission; NBTE and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB).

    Ogundahunsi said: “Let me tell you, one programme that people will be very happy about is the linkage of our HND and BSc degree programmes of OAU. The partnership (with OAU) is fashioned to take the same form of collaboration between Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo and OAU.

    “This one has reached an advanced stage, the Vice Chancellor and I met with National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education and JAMB. We have discussed with the executive councils of these bodies.”

    He said the school authority has sent recommendations to NBTE, expressing optimism that the board would give approval before the next academic session.

    Ogundahunsi said though certificates to be awarded will bear the name of OAU, but the students will be receiving their lectures at RUGIPO.

    Ogundahunsi said the degree courses will be in areas such as Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, where RUGIPO has comparative advantage.

    He said the new but yet-to-be-announced new courses for ND and HND are included. He noted that the institution would not stop its ND and HND programmes. He said: “Courses like Insurance, Cooperative Studies, Tourism among others, will be introduced,” Ogundahunsi added.

    “We want to expand our school, we have brought to fore about 29 new programmes, we have tried to redeem, re-tool and re-engineer the place.

    ‘’The mandate is for us to make our programmes relevant to our immediate society.”

    He said RUGIPO FM will come on air very soon, following the operating licence granted by National Broadcasting Commission.

    The Acting Rector said the entire 37 programmes run by the institution were recently presented for and re-accreditation, adding that they all scaled the hurdle.

  • Ondo TV lauds varsity, RUGIPO mass comm training

    The Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC) has praised the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko and the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, for producing globally competitive Mass Communication students.

    The station’s News and Current Affairs Director, Miss Nike Busari, gave the commendation at a sendoff for students of the two institutions, who concluded their six-month Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) with the station.

    She said the performance of the outgoing interns demonstrated that the schools are reference points in the Mass Communication and Journalism training.

    Mrs Busari, who praised the interns for being good ambassadors of their institutions, urged them to judiciously use the knowledge gained to position themselves for the challenges ahead.

    “Even though you are leaving us, we still offer you the opportunity to be corresponding for us anywhere you are. If you see any newsworthy event in your schools or environment, send us the reports,” she said.

    Also speaking, the station’s Deputy Director, News, Mr Akinwumi Abodunde, and other members of the department said the interns did well.

    They were unanimous in describing them as dutiful and committed individuals, who diligently executed any assignment given to them.

    Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Olaimolu Diekola thanked the leadership of the station for giving them the platform to acquire practical knowledge.

    The interns are Bunmi Oyebokun, Oluwatosin Daniel, Adekanmbi Mayokun, Sijuwade Toluwani, Olaimolu Emmanuel and Dauda Oluwatoyosi, all from AAUA.

    Others are Adesuyan Olalekan and Olupona Ganiyat (RUGIPO) while Alademomi Adejoke is from Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The highpoint of the event was gifts presentation and commendation letter to them.

  • RUGIPO council chairman condemns lecturer’s murder

    GOVERNING Council Chairman, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, Banji Alabi, has condemned the killing of a lecturer, Mr Taiwo Akinyemi by kidnappers.

    It was gathered that four persons, including the deceased,were kidnapped by suspected armed men in Amurin village on the Akure-Owo Express way in Owo Local Government Area of the state.

    The three other victims, who were  staff members of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, were released after a ransom was paid to the abductors. However, it was gathered that the delay in payment of ransom for 52-year-old Akinyemi, led to his murder.

    Akinyemi’s body was said to have been found in the bush tied to a tree.

    Alabi, who condemned the killing when Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu paid a condolence visit to the institution, said everyone was filled with grief.

    Represented by the institution’s Acting Rector, Mr Gani Ogundahunsi, he said the act of lawlessness, robbery, kidnapping and murder were intended to frighten Ondo State into chaos and retreat.

    “But they have failed; our state is strong; a great people under a great leadership; we shall overcome. I ask for your prayers for the family of our departed colleague, his wife and children whose hopes have been shattered,” he said.

    He continued: “This sad event serves as a painful reminder that we live in a world of wickedness, a world that needs healing. For that reason, our work here is more meaningful than ever. We are committed to equipping and inspiring every of our employees and students to be a leader, a force for good, an agent of hope and a steward of justice throughout the world.”

    On his part, the governor explained that the state government and security operatives made attempts to rescue the deceased.

    “It is unfortunate that the man could not return home alive. The incident happened some five minutes after I passed through the place and I had to deploy some security men in my convoy to the place to rescue the victims.

    “These kidnappers have become more daring and desperate; this is because we are moving towards the festive period. But the state police command has assured us that they will not limit their operation to stop and search only, but that they will also increase road patrol,” he said.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Femi Joseph, said the police was on the trail of the kidnappers, but noted that no arrest had been made yet.

    Addressing reporters on Akinyemi’s death, the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, RUGIPO chapter, Mr Chris Olowolade , described the incident as sad and unfortunate.

    He explained that the union had entered into negotiation with the kidnappers to secure Akinyem’s release, adding: “We lost him to the kidnappers and we received his corpse when we were expecting his freedom.”

    He continued: “The kidnappers placed a ransom of N100million on him, which nobody could afford, but they reduced it to N7million after two days, and later grudgingly asked us to come up with N500, 000.

    “The money was taken to them, and the person who took it to them was directed by the kidnappers to where he should drop the money. They asked him to stop, reverse and move, just to confirm that he was the actual person bringing the money.

    “But after some hours, they called that the man bringing the money should come back that they did not see it; only for us to be called by the Acting Rector to go and identify a corpse.

    “We rushed to the morgue and discovered that it was his (Akinyemi’s) corpse. He was tied to a tree with his clothes, and his remains were left in the bush. The body was recovered by the police and deposited in the morgue; he was treated badly before he was killed.”

    Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Rufus Giwa Polytechnic chapter, Mr Rafiu Ijawoye, who expressed sadness over the ugly incident, thanked the governor for identifying with the polytechnic in their   grief.

    Following the development, lecturers and students of the polytechnic have held a possession to honour the deceased as the polytechnic community suspended all academic activities for two days to mourn him.

  • Ondo poly students seek ‘reasonable’ reparation fee

    Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo (RUGIPO), Ondo State, is set for resumption, two months after it was shut over a violent students’ protest. The government estimated properties destroyed in the school at N150 million, and students must pay reparation fees for the damaged properties as a condition for the re-opening of the school.

    Students are pleading with the government and management to fix an “affordable” reparation fee to enable them return to their studies.

    Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) was quoted to have said students must pay for all properties destroyed during the rampage.

    The Students’ Union Government (SUG) President, Emmanuel Ayejuyo, urged the government and the school to make the fee affordable, saying parents of majority of students were civil servants who had not been paid salaries for over two months. Besides, he said the economic situation of the country was harsh.

    He said: “We have accepted the fact that we have to pay reparation fee because of the level of properties damaged during the crisis, but a reasonable amount should be fixed. We plead with the management to consider our parents’ condition in fixing the fee in the face of the current economic situation in the country.”

    Some students took to the social media to beg the school not to be harsh with them when the reparation fee is announced.

    Contrary to the information making the rounds that the Rector, Mr I.B. Ologunagba, had been fired by the government, the SUG president said there was no leadership change.  “Ologunagba remains the rector of the polytechnic as I speak to you,” Emmanuel told our reporter.

    Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Governing Council, Mr Banji Alabi, has said the remote and immediate causes of the violence would be looked into with the aim of preventing a  re-occurrence.

    He said his aim was to make the school relevant in the African academic space and the world. He said plans were on to improve learning resources, retrain teachers and equip students with life skills through entrepreneurship and mentoring programmes.

    He said: “We have the objective to turn Rufus Giwa Polytechnic to a technology hub, where intensive research and development works are conducted to find usable solutions to problems. We want to encourage each department of the school to use their expertise to generate funds.”

    He expressed gratitude to Akeredolu for the appointment of the council cmembers, which he described as a product of “deep consultations”.

    The chairman said the council would work with departments to review the admission policy to align with international best practices. He solicited for the support of the council members, management team and members of the staff to reposition the school.

  • RUGIPO students protest ‘No fees, no exam’ policy

    RUGIPO students protest ‘No fees, no exam’ policy

    Attempts by the management of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo (RUGIPO) to bar school fees defaulters from the examination halls turned ugly.  Students are saying those responsible should be punished reports Eniola Olurankinse (RUGIPO).

    There was pandemonium at the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), in Ondo State on Monday, following the violent protest by students measures over the polytechnic authorities’ “no school fees, no examination” policy.

    Students yet to pay their fees were not allowed to sit for the second semester examination, which is the final examination in the 2016/2017 academic session.

    While students in the School of Business were to pay N48,000, those in other schools were to pay between N60,000 and N70,000 for the session.

    The school management announced the policy last Friday, January 19, ahead of its commencement on Monday.

    A circular to that effect warned the exam invigilators to ensure that defaulters were not allowed into the hall.

    The circular reads in part: “To ensure strict compliance of its policy and smooth conduct of the exterminations exercise, the school authority has set up a task force to guard against any form of agitation by the students.

    “Members of staff are equally advised not to cooperate secretly with any student to go against the order given by management either through bribery or in kind as such act would attract proper sanction.”

    After they were driven out of their various exam halls, the angry students went berserk and started throwing stones and sticks into the halls, while the examinations were ongoing, and at other facilities and property they could attack.

    Attempt by the Rector, Mr Idowu Ologunagba, to calm the students proved aborwas futile as his promise that they would write their examination the next day fell on deaf ears.

    His expression of displeasure and condemnation of the students’ action did nothing to deter them.

    By the time there was calm, after security agencies intervened, the students had destroyed school and private properties worth millions of naira.

    The institution’s ICT complex was the worst hit – computers were smashed, while chairs and tables were broken. The glass windows were not spared. Many vehicles belonging to lecturers and others did not escape damage as their windscreens were smashed.

    The examination was suspended and students directed to vacate the campus till further notice.

    Reacting to the protest, the chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP), RUGIPO chapter, Mr Rafiu Ijawoye, described the students’ action as “embarrassing, displeasing, and unacceptable”.

    Ijawoye further accused the school authorities of not providing enough security for members of the union as promised by the management, ordering ASUP members to stop academic activities till further notice.

    A lecturer who preferred anonymity said the management’s decision was ill-timed.  He said the first semester of 2017/2018 academic session would have been the right time to execute such law.

    Condemning the students’ action, the Students’ Union President, Emmanuel Temitayo, said  no member of his executive committee participated in the protest.

    Temitayo said the school management during the first semester granted the Students’ Union‘s request to allow students pay tuition fees instalmentally; it was also agreed that by second semester all students must have paid their school fees before the examination.

    “We must join hands with the management in order to get the tuition fees from students who are not ready to pay.  As we all know there is no free education anywhere in Nigeria, therefore the need for students to pay their tuition fee as at when due,” he said.

    However, some of the students who spoke with Campus Life faulted the Students’ Union for collaborating with the management on the policy without consulting with the students.  They attributed the non-payment of school fees to the economic meltdown in the country.

    Fidelix David, president of the National Association of Social Sciences and Communication Studies Students, said the “no fees, no exam” policy was strange to students.

    “How can the management start a war they can’t end? Actually, that policy is not the best option for the students considering the fact that they are not used to such policy from the beginning. That is what actually bred the protest leading to destruction of property.

    “The management should have adopted the policy of not marking their booklet after the exam rather than no school fees, no examination policy,” he said.

    Supporting management’s stand, the Public Relations Officer of the Students’ Union, Oluwatobi Samuel, said: “The System (school) is collapsing.  The only IGR the school has is the tuition fees from students. In a situation where we have less than 30 per cent of what is paid, that is bad. How do you want the school to survive? No how.

    “Students went too far. Had it been  it was a peaceful protest, it would still be okay and the management would reorganise.”

    He further said:’’When they were having the initial protest, before it turned to a riot and daylight robbery, the management was having a change of mind, to the extent that the Rector came out and addressed everyone and assured them that they would all write exam the next day. I don’t know what came over them (students). The level of property damage is too worrisome and bad.

    “The institution’s ICT is gone. Properties worth billions gone, a lot of lecturer‘ cars were damaged, to the extent that I’m crying personally. The damage is too much.

    “To me, I stand by it – ‘No Tuition Fees, No Examination’.”

    In an interview, a former Students’ Union leader, Adedayo Oluodo, said there was no reason for the violence.

    “First the students have no legitimate grounds to go on a riot or protest against the management. They could have had a peaceful demonstration to appeal to the conscience  of members of management.

    “The students’ action is an outright display of sabotage of government’s and management’s development effort and cannot and should never be condoned by management or the Students’ Union body,” he said.

    Another student who did not want to be named lamented the consequences of the protest – more days at home and payment of a penalty.

    “A peaceful protest should have been the best thing which could have been demonstrated in different ways.  We are students and we should know how to make our grievances known, every agitation should not lead to destruction of property.

    “Now they will be home for weeks before they are called back which will prolong the period which they ought to graduate. I mean for the finalists (ND 2 and HND 2). In this period where you are unable to pay school fees you will be running around for reparation fee which is very bad,” he said.

  • Rufus Giwa Poly lecturers suspend two-month strike

    Rufus Giwa Poly lecturers suspend two-month strike

    The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP), Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo Chapter has suspended its 8 weeks old strike.

    The Union took the decision at the Adekunle Ajasin Auditorium of the institution after an emergency Congress summoned by the executives of the Union after its members had last weekend received one month salary out of its 10 months unpaid remuneration.

    The Polytechnic Management has ordered the resumption of academic activities with immediate effect.

    ASUP called off the strike after due consideration, negotiation and further cementing their demands and the agreement with the management of the institution.

    However,  a reliable source close to the Union who preferred anonymity said the Union may again embark on industrial action if its demands are not met after six weeks of this resumption.

    It was gathered that this is the 3rd time the Union has embarked upon an industrial action in the 2016/2017 Academic Session.

    RUGIPO ASUP had on the 31st of August, 2017 declared total and indefinite strike which was reported to border on the excruciating, debilitating and precarious situation of the welfare of the Academic Staff of the institution as well as the collapsing state of moribund infrastructures in the institution.

    According to ASUP in the Press Release made available after the Congress,” this actions is due to palpably lackadaisical and inept attitude of the management and the insensitivity of the government towards the collective goals and aspirations of this great institution in Ondo State”.

    Campus life gathered that the Union is also agitating for the Payments of  16 months CONPOCASS arrears owed by the management of the Institution effective from July 2009; Payments of 9 months unpaid staff salaries for the months of June  2016 to January 2017 as well as July and August 2017; Payments of 2015 and 2016 promotion arrears.

    Other agitations include compliance with the court order in respect of ASUP members that suffered political persecution from the former administration through non-payment of their outstanding salaries of reinstated academic staff.

    Accreditation of all programmes being offered by the Polytechnic which has due for accreditation and is under the threat of being reaccredited due apparently to deliberate starvation of funds.

    Decaying infrastructures, abandonment of ongoing projects, inadequate lecture rooms, acute shortage of accommodation and non-availability of seats; alienation, meaninglessness, hopelessness and estrangement among the comity of state institutions in Ondo State in the area of monthly subventions and other financial benefits.

  • Mace missing as students, cadet corps clash in RUGIPO

    Mace missing as students, cadet corps clash in RUGIPO

    WHERE is the mace, the symbol of legislative authority of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO) in Ondo State?

    The mace was said  to have been seized by the school’s corps leader, Tunde Aje, during the first parliament any sitting of the SRC for the 2016/2017 session. It was presided over by speaker Ayomide Adeniyi.

    The corps is demanding an 100 per cent increase in their allowance.  They used to earn N10,000.  But the Council approved N15,000 for them.

    The major task before the parliament at the session was to move the budget  of the Students’ Union Government past its first reading before setting up Ad-hoc committee to scrutiny use it.

    The passage of the  N10, 750, 750, was delayed following questions raised by the representatives over the increment of the union’s annual due by 100 percent (from N500 to N1,000).

    Campuslife gathered that the cadet corps  request for allowance like earlier rented commotion in the Assembly Room.

    Amid the melee, commanding officer of the  corps leader reportedly stole into the chamber and took away the mace.

    The mace was reportedly taken  to the cadet corps barracks.

    Meanwhile, an executive of the Students’ Union Government, who asked not to be named, described the act as barbaric and unconstitutional.

    He said the allowance of the cadet and other paramilitaries on campus had been increased by 50 percent in the budget.

    “The present administration has done a lot in ensuring this budget is at everybody’s favour. The past administrations were actually paying them N10, 000 but we have proposed N15, 000 for each paramilitary group on campus. Isn’t that enough?” he said.

    To restore normalcy, the Students’ Affairs unit of the institution ordered the parties to resolve the issue without any hostilities within and outside the campus.