"A revolutionary must hold himself responsible and accountable for all his activities hence he has to develop selective reaction to all his actions".
The leadership of National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) share the students anxiety in bluntly rejecting the introduction of payment deadline for school fees after which students would be restricted from gaining access into the school premises, its in no doubt that the current predicament of the nations economy prompted the repelling actions of the student, and their agitation for installmental payment.
We acknowledge our support to the angry students, join them in their agitation as it remains the constitutional responsibility of every Union to consistently protect the legitimate interest of her members, shield them from exploitation, intimidation, victimization, e.t.c. While we condemn in totality the approach at which the Students Union Leaders takes to fight their cause, it is the ideology of students unionism to ensure the avoidance of any protest you cannot reasonably afford, negotiation avenues, dialogues, consultation and consolidations should be exhausted while protest should always be the last resort.
There is no justification for students leaders loosing their morals in the course of discharging their duties for whatsoever reasons, In spite of our grievances and bitterness constructive agitation should be adopted when issues erupts to abolish the arrogations of our struggles by portraying us as the custodians of exuberance and scapegoat of indiscipline. It should be understand that students handbook is the first constitutional guide of all students on campus before reference could be giving to any other guiding books.
Student leaders should desist being partisan to politician and playing scrip with our struggles. Our fact finding mission reveals the conjoining of unionism with politics which is tantamount to nothing but injustice, politicians should follow their parties diligently while unionist should advocate the welfare of their members. Being economical with the truth do us more harm than good.
NAPS express great displeasure in school management embarking on obnoxious rules and regulation, it is our view that such rules are calculatedly design to frustrate students into unholy dealing and a plot to exploit students unnoticed.
We appeal the school authority realizes we are students and that reason they are our managers, we plead the room for resolution is open so we can come back to exist as a family. It became imperative we appeal the Student Union Building should be free from lock and chains as we believe the union as an institution should not be banned because it is the only effective forum through which the students can express their grievances and enhance their welfare. To ban union is to depict fear of checkmate. we implore the authority to forgo any plan to expel, suspend or rusticate any student , we can harmonize our charges to solve our existing communication gaps.
Signed
Comr Olugbode Damola (ALUTA D-MODE)
NAPS PRO
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