Protocol's
The Nigeria polytechnic student body under the aegis National Association of Polytechnic Student's (NAPS) with the solidarity of West Africa Polytechnic Student's Union (WAPSU) has resolved to engage the management of Federal Medical Center Ebute Meta Lagos confrontational, due to their refusal to yield to our call for the CMD voluntary resignation from office for negligence of duty, insensitivity and inhuman policies run by the hospital management that resulted to the sudden death of our beloved colleague Miss Dezan M Charity an HND II student of Office Technology Management department of Yaba College of Technology on 12th February 2016.
The hospital refused commencing immediate treatment on late charity as when rushed to the emergency unit of the hospital, insisted on the payment of N47, 000 before treatment of any kind despite being rushed in from the college with the school crested ambulance this which led to the untimely lost of her soul to the cold hand of death. Their refusal to issue the deceased a certificate of death and facilitate compensation to the family further provoked our diplomacy.
It was our well thought decision and arrangement to take over the administrative block of the medical center while the entire management team will be locked out of their respective offices today 24th March 2016 before the intervention and subsequent aversion of the action by the Department of State Security (DSS) Lagos Sate command. The mass action was at peak of commencement when the DSS intercepted the planned action.
We express confidence in the assurance given to our team by the Director State Services as he directed the re-opening of investigation into the cases and immediate summoning of all parties involved for questioning including Medical Director Yaba Tech, Doctor on duty on the incident day at FMC and students who accompanied late charity to the center. He further assured us of justice and facilitation of a round table Dialogue of our team and the hospital authority while the command moderates.
We extend our sincere appreciation to all students, caders and concerned citizens who identifies with us in this struggle and our profound gratitude to the Department of State Service, headquarters and Lagos command for responsive and proactive measures. We shall not deviate from our core values, strengthening policy that will inform positive attitudinal changes of public servants toward duties and consideration for student, we shall continue until the best is achieved,
We equally kicked against students signing an open cheque for Yaba Tech authority as required by the management as condition for resumption. "An undertaking of good conduct and acceptance of payment for damages as may be prescribed by management" this is considered as an open cheque which may not be negotiable after signing, we therefore demand open declaration of the amount to be paid as damages before signing of such document. We implore our student to remain calm while we further agitates in constructive and diplomatic manner.
Accept our maximum regards.
Aluta Continua. Victoria Ascerta.
Signed
Comr. Olugbode H.Damola
National PRO
National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS)
Amb. S A Lukman.
President
West Africa Polytechnic Student's Union (WAPSU)
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Sunday, March 27, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
EXCLUSION OF HND HOLDERS IN THE ONGOING IMMIGRATION RECRUITMENT EXERSISE: NAPS POSITION
The reoccurring hypocritical discrimination against HND certificates in the immigration recruitment exercise is an unjustifiable goof that indicates the unwillingness of the current government to end the dichotomy between HND and BSC certificate. The exclusion of the certificate is gradually becoming a norm that will permanently shelve HND holders from gaining entry in to the immigration service, this we have noticed and shall meets repulsion from the polytechnic students.
Precisely a year ago, the leadership of NAPS was on the demand for the inclusion of HND certificates into the immigration exercise under the then HON minister of interior in the transformation regime, it became a great surprise that the current administration of this change mantra can toll the same discriminatory path to repeat same unjust act. The unaccountable expensive omission of HND certificates in the guise of recruiting junior cadres is frivolous with provision for BSC holder, this we view as a reserve excuse to ease the execution plan.
Having proven the need to review the required recruiting qualification with many documents submitted to necessary quarters with no honour or consideration, it is realized that the immigration recruiting board is arrogating to its self the power of creating unnecessary dichotomy between the HND graduate and BSC graduate in job placement which does not exist in other forces. Is the ministry of interior and the immigration saying there are no placement for HND holders or are they used as an instrument to kill the polytechnic education in Nigeria? One wonders if it is a crime to acquire education through polytechnic institutions and only to come out to be humiliated at the end of all.
The final justifiable justice against unjustifiable injustice is a justifiable injustice, at this stage confrontation is in conformation with the natural law.
We call on the federal government, the ministry of interior and by extension the presidential committee on immigration recruitment exercise to urgently intervene and ensure justice and fairness comes to play in order to avert another national immigration stampede as the armless battalion Nigeria polytechnic student shall not hesitate mobilizing to stamped the recruiting exercise if the recruiting committee fails to capture HND certificates. As freedom is not freely given to the oppressed by the oppressor but has to be demanded.
Signed
Comrade Olugbode Damola (Aluta - Dmode)
NAPS National PRO
Precisely a year ago, the leadership of NAPS was on the demand for the inclusion of HND certificates into the immigration exercise under the then HON minister of interior in the transformation regime, it became a great surprise that the current administration of this change mantra can toll the same discriminatory path to repeat same unjust act. The unaccountable expensive omission of HND certificates in the guise of recruiting junior cadres is frivolous with provision for BSC holder, this we view as a reserve excuse to ease the execution plan.
Having proven the need to review the required recruiting qualification with many documents submitted to necessary quarters with no honour or consideration, it is realized that the immigration recruiting board is arrogating to its self the power of creating unnecessary dichotomy between the HND graduate and BSC graduate in job placement which does not exist in other forces. Is the ministry of interior and the immigration saying there are no placement for HND holders or are they used as an instrument to kill the polytechnic education in Nigeria? One wonders if it is a crime to acquire education through polytechnic institutions and only to come out to be humiliated at the end of all.
The final justifiable justice against unjustifiable injustice is a justifiable injustice, at this stage confrontation is in conformation with the natural law.
We call on the federal government, the ministry of interior and by extension the presidential committee on immigration recruitment exercise to urgently intervene and ensure justice and fairness comes to play in order to avert another national immigration stampede as the armless battalion Nigeria polytechnic student shall not hesitate mobilizing to stamped the recruiting exercise if the recruiting committee fails to capture HND certificates. As freedom is not freely given to the oppressed by the oppressor but has to be demanded.
Signed
Comrade Olugbode Damola (Aluta - Dmode)
NAPS National PRO
Saturday, February 13, 2016
NAPS SEEK JUSTICE ON THE DEATH OF YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENT
BEING THE PREST STATEMENT ISSUED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS (NAPS) ON THE DEATH OF DAZAN MUATIN CHARITY A STUDENT OF YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY. on the 12th February 2016.
Protocol's :
"The future would have no pity for those men who, possessing the exceptional privilege of being able to speak words of the truth to their oppressors, haven taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indifference and sometimes in cold complicity" (Frantz fanon)
In meditative soreness, we are moaning and mourning the death of our fallen colleague cut down in the prime of her life by the lackadaisical attitudes of some barbaric zombies in human clothing being paid to save life but doing other wise. It is pertinent at this pensive juncture to damn the atrocities perpetrated and may still be perpetrating by heartless health workers on poor and helpless patients, students and citizens of the country.
It is disheartening loosing our young promising colleague to the cold hand of death, due to the insensitivity of authorities toward's the health sector and health workers lacking respect for human life. Probably if DAZAN MUATIN CHARITY was given adequate attention at as when due the story might be different by now. The distress and pressure she was made to undergo before accessing treatment contribute largely to her early death.
It's most unfortunate that nothing in Nigeria is freely access anymore, free medical attention as become a history of the time past, even first aid treatment to a dying patient at a federal medical center cost immediate payment or life of the context. How long do we have to continue loosing our love one's before getting it Right? How many more lives do we have to loose for normality to be restored back to our system?.
YABATECH'S MANAGEMENT STAINED WITH THE BLOOD OF NIGERIA STUDENT
Either good or bad our actions and inactions is like a flame that cannot be erased on planet earth but will surely echo till eternity. From whatever angle we wish to decipher into the ugly incident, the management of Yaba college of technology contribute to the loss of our colleague and share a capital blame in the aftermath reactions of the student.
Unpleasant to the ear that an institution as repute as YABATECH do not have adequate health facilities to cater minor health challenges, experience health workers who could proffer adequate treatment and refer to expertise as at when necessary and most annoying when least expected that test not being carried out before administering drips, drugs and injection to patient.
We demand explanations on why the TINSHIP scheme of the NHIS our students pay for every year does not cater the treatment of Dazan when she needed it most, she was made to lie helpless without treatment because of fund, this NHIS should cater if the management and the HMO do justice to our payment.
THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF FMC EBUTE-METTA, A REAGENT OF OCCURENCE.
When conscienceless power meets with powerless conscience the former laugh first while the later laugh last.
The callous decision of the FMC to have shut their ears to the cry of our dying colleague is an act of unprofessionalism, our student with all proof of identification was convey to the centre with school ambulance and still was denied first aid treatment, very unfortunate that medical centre where life should be rescue as become a dungeon of death.
NAPS POSITION
1 The leadership of NAPS has set up a committee to pay a condolence visit to the family of the deceased
2 YABATECH management are advice to make available the refund of all medical levy and insurance due paid back to the student populace or face the wrath of Nigerian student
3 The Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Metta is hereby advice to voluntarily resign on or before 17th of February 2016 or face mass action of armless battalion Nigeria students.
4 The management of FMC Ebute-Metta and YABATECH should make available compensation to the family of the deceased
CONCLUTION
We the leadership of NAPS advice our entire students to remain calm as we take charge to ensure fairness, equity and justice comes to play. The mention authorities Yaba College of Technology and Federal Medical Centre are to strictly comply with the above resolution within 72hrs or contend with the entire student populace as we have resolve to shutdown the two institutions until our demands are meet.
INJUSTICE TO ONE INJUSTICE TO ALL!!!
Signed
Comr Olugbode Damola (Aluta D-mode)
NAPS National PRO.
Protocol's :
"The future would have no pity for those men who, possessing the exceptional privilege of being able to speak words of the truth to their oppressors, haven taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indifference and sometimes in cold complicity" (Frantz fanon)
In meditative soreness, we are moaning and mourning the death of our fallen colleague cut down in the prime of her life by the lackadaisical attitudes of some barbaric zombies in human clothing being paid to save life but doing other wise. It is pertinent at this pensive juncture to damn the atrocities perpetrated and may still be perpetrating by heartless health workers on poor and helpless patients, students and citizens of the country.
It is disheartening loosing our young promising colleague to the cold hand of death, due to the insensitivity of authorities toward's the health sector and health workers lacking respect for human life. Probably if DAZAN MUATIN CHARITY was given adequate attention at as when due the story might be different by now. The distress and pressure she was made to undergo before accessing treatment contribute largely to her early death.
It's most unfortunate that nothing in Nigeria is freely access anymore, free medical attention as become a history of the time past, even first aid treatment to a dying patient at a federal medical center cost immediate payment or life of the context. How long do we have to continue loosing our love one's before getting it Right? How many more lives do we have to loose for normality to be restored back to our system?.
YABATECH'S MANAGEMENT STAINED WITH THE BLOOD OF NIGERIA STUDENT
Either good or bad our actions and inactions is like a flame that cannot be erased on planet earth but will surely echo till eternity. From whatever angle we wish to decipher into the ugly incident, the management of Yaba college of technology contribute to the loss of our colleague and share a capital blame in the aftermath reactions of the student.
Unpleasant to the ear that an institution as repute as YABATECH do not have adequate health facilities to cater minor health challenges, experience health workers who could proffer adequate treatment and refer to expertise as at when necessary and most annoying when least expected that test not being carried out before administering drips, drugs and injection to patient.
We demand explanations on why the TINSHIP scheme of the NHIS our students pay for every year does not cater the treatment of Dazan when she needed it most, she was made to lie helpless without treatment because of fund, this NHIS should cater if the management and the HMO do justice to our payment.
THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF FMC EBUTE-METTA, A REAGENT OF OCCURENCE.
When conscienceless power meets with powerless conscience the former laugh first while the later laugh last.
The callous decision of the FMC to have shut their ears to the cry of our dying colleague is an act of unprofessionalism, our student with all proof of identification was convey to the centre with school ambulance and still was denied first aid treatment, very unfortunate that medical centre where life should be rescue as become a dungeon of death.
NAPS POSITION
1 The leadership of NAPS has set up a committee to pay a condolence visit to the family of the deceased
2 YABATECH management are advice to make available the refund of all medical levy and insurance due paid back to the student populace or face the wrath of Nigerian student
3 The Chief Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Metta is hereby advice to voluntarily resign on or before 17th of February 2016 or face mass action of armless battalion Nigeria students.
4 The management of FMC Ebute-Metta and YABATECH should make available compensation to the family of the deceased
CONCLUTION
We the leadership of NAPS advice our entire students to remain calm as we take charge to ensure fairness, equity and justice comes to play. The mention authorities Yaba College of Technology and Federal Medical Centre are to strictly comply with the above resolution within 72hrs or contend with the entire student populace as we have resolve to shutdown the two institutions until our demands are meet.
INJUSTICE TO ONE INJUSTICE TO ALL!!!
Signed
Comr Olugbode Damola (Aluta D-mode)
NAPS National PRO.
Monday, February 1, 2016
GAPOSA PROTEST A LIBERTY TAKING FOR LICENSE
"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
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
Monday, December 14, 2015
COALESClNG OSUN STATE OWNED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A TECHNOLOGICAL RETROGRESSION
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), which is the mother association of all Polytechnics, Monotechnics, Colleges of Education, Colleges of Technology and other allied Institutions awarding National and higher National Diploma, have studied the recent disposition of the Osun state government to technical education and we see it as diametrically opposed to the progressive technological aspiration and dynamic technological emancipation of this country to a technologically advanced country.
It is highly pathetic and sympathetic that at a time the world is celebrating technicalities and embracing advancement of technological innovations, China with her endowment of technology converting over 600 universities to polytechnics as a reforming process to boost the production of technically trained graduates, a government in Nigeria could be proposing the conversion of polytechnics to tutorial centers by merging up four Institutions on the plans to restructure them.
Osun state government has failed woefully it's responsibilities to the educational sector, starved academic workers their pay, cause students months at home to idle away, kill private secondary education with high taxes, turn deaf ears to stakeholders agitation, propose merger of limited tertiary institutions rather providing progressive prescription to the underfunded educational sector in the state.
The impetuous decision of requesting the removal of the four state owned institutions from jamb directory without considering candidates who already chose the schools as their preferred choice of institution, students currently counting the school calender for their days on campus, and alumni banking on the alma-mata, revealed the gap between the isolated government and her people.
The downsizing shock that will erupt from the merger contrary to the employment opportunities promised by the APC indicates an ideological derail that requires an urgent attention before hope is lost and a no confidence vote is cast on the party. Regrets rocking our hearts to have invested and supported a failed government whose reward of appreciation is months of industrial actions and scraping of our institutions.
Petitions, appeals, press briefing, etc. have all been at one time or the other forwarded by several student leaders to express our displeasure on the action plan but without any appreciable result. The leadership of National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) perceive the development as a threat to technology advancement and an effort to sabotage the struggle of abolishing Hnd /Bsc dichotomy.
There may be times we are powerless to prevent injustice but there should never be a time we fail to protest. The day a society stops to protest, that day marks the beginning of the end of progress in that society. The leadership of NAPS enjoin the executive governor of Osun State to reverse his decision on converting our Institutions to tutorial centers or risk meeting with millions of armless battalion students in the spirit of true activism.
Osun State Polytechnic Iree, College of Technology Esa-Oke, College of Education Ila-Orangun and College of Education Ilesha have all been in existence before the inception of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in office and will continue to remain even after the lapses of his tenure, as any attempt to merge or scrap our schools is a war that will meet the readiness of armless soldiers.
Signed
Comr Olugbode H. Damola (D-mode)
NAPS National PRO
It is highly pathetic and sympathetic that at a time the world is celebrating technicalities and embracing advancement of technological innovations, China with her endowment of technology converting over 600 universities to polytechnics as a reforming process to boost the production of technically trained graduates, a government in Nigeria could be proposing the conversion of polytechnics to tutorial centers by merging up four Institutions on the plans to restructure them.
Osun state government has failed woefully it's responsibilities to the educational sector, starved academic workers their pay, cause students months at home to idle away, kill private secondary education with high taxes, turn deaf ears to stakeholders agitation, propose merger of limited tertiary institutions rather providing progressive prescription to the underfunded educational sector in the state.
The impetuous decision of requesting the removal of the four state owned institutions from jamb directory without considering candidates who already chose the schools as their preferred choice of institution, students currently counting the school calender for their days on campus, and alumni banking on the alma-mata, revealed the gap between the isolated government and her people.
The downsizing shock that will erupt from the merger contrary to the employment opportunities promised by the APC indicates an ideological derail that requires an urgent attention before hope is lost and a no confidence vote is cast on the party. Regrets rocking our hearts to have invested and supported a failed government whose reward of appreciation is months of industrial actions and scraping of our institutions.
Petitions, appeals, press briefing, etc. have all been at one time or the other forwarded by several student leaders to express our displeasure on the action plan but without any appreciable result. The leadership of National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) perceive the development as a threat to technology advancement and an effort to sabotage the struggle of abolishing Hnd /Bsc dichotomy.
There may be times we are powerless to prevent injustice but there should never be a time we fail to protest. The day a society stops to protest, that day marks the beginning of the end of progress in that society. The leadership of NAPS enjoin the executive governor of Osun State to reverse his decision on converting our Institutions to tutorial centers or risk meeting with millions of armless battalion students in the spirit of true activism.
Osun State Polytechnic Iree, College of Technology Esa-Oke, College of Education Ila-Orangun and College of Education Ilesha have all been in existence before the inception of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in office and will continue to remain even after the lapses of his tenure, as any attempt to merge or scrap our schools is a war that will meet the readiness of armless soldiers.
Signed
Comr Olugbode H. Damola (D-mode)
NAPS National PRO
Thursday, October 1, 2015
NIGERIA AT 55: THE STRUGGLE FOR MERITOCRATISATION OF EDUCATION CONTINUES (POLYTECHNICS MUST AWARD B.TECH)
Our demands remains sacrosanct !
Fifty-five years ago Nigerians fly’s the flag of freedom, the heroic rough and tough journey, the history of welfare, pogroms, massacres, assassinations, misguided ballot and misdirected bullets, the catalogue of catastrophes, the options of the confederations, the women liberationist, the labour unionist, students unionist, the prime ministerialists, the presidentialists, the collective dictatorists, the welfarists, the democratic, the socialist, the zero-party mentocrats, the static’s, the religionists, the provincialisms, the one-party unitarists, the multi-party federationists, the indigenous traditionist, the communalists, the revolutionary socialist, the French systemists, the billionairists, the anarchists even the coalitions of armed robbers,so many postulations for today’s existence.
NIGERIAN STUDENTS STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL EMANCIPATION
Nigerian students involvement in the Nigerian struggle is dated far before independence, the protest against the visitation of queen Elizabeth ii to Nigeria in 1956, demonstration against the colonial administration demanding for immediate independence for Nigeria when Ghana gained independence in 1957, countless revolutionary jihad for the democratization of education in Nigeria, the role of segun okeowo in eliminating illiteracy and eradicating ignorance. Consolidating predecessors struggles by the present generation of Nigerian students, struggle against disorganization, maladministration of the system, poverty, ignorance, conspicuous disease and other “mortuary wreckages” that litter the whole country.
THE NIGERIANS WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION
To describe Nigerian’s economic and social dilemma as masculine is to stress the obvious, the war against corruption from a leader with masculine orientation (military) is the long expected prescription to the menace but not in a feminine, gradualist and moderate approach the president is giving the Nation’s daily increasing problems. The lunching of war against corruption by the PMB administration is a welcome phenomenon however it should not be a political whip, witch-hunting or mare scary political statement. We like to assert that corruption is not exclusive preserve of the politicians but rather a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabrics of the society.
A CALL FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF HND/BSC DICHOTHOMY
For decades vibrant student leaders have been pushing the struggle to equate Higher National Diploma certificate to Bachelors degree. The campaign of war against the greater corruption in the education sector, the injustice of HND / BSC discrimination from point of admission to the labour market, calls to notice of our derailing system from the legacies of the foreigners we tends to be emulating, comparison of our education standard with Ghanaians whose polytechnics awards Bachelor in Technology.
The verbal pronunciation of equating the two certificate by president Olusegun Obasanjo (fmr), reversal of the statement and latter upgrading four polytechnic to city university by president Musa Yar’adu, also upgrade reversal and setting up of committee to look into the duo certificates latter announcing upgrade of four colleges of education to university of education by president Goodluck Jonathan and also the reversal of the upgrade by the incumbent president is a clear picture of corruption at its peak. The abolishment of HND/ BSC dichotomy remains the panacea to the root cause of corruption in Nigeria.
FINALLY I hold the opinion that the past of Nigeria is black, that the present is bleak and that the future is blank. Because the future is blank however, there seems to be some ray of hope. This is why the struggle for meritocratisation of education (polytechnics must award b.tech) is not futile.
Long live Nigeria
Struggle continues
Victory is certain
Signed
Comrade Olugbode Damola (D-Mode)
National NAPS PRO
Friday, June 26, 2015
NAPS SETS TO HARMONISE OGITECH CRISIS
BEING THE PRESS TEXT DELIVERED BY THE LEADERSHIP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS NAPS. ON THE OCCASION OF PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSING THE CRISIS ROCKING OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IGBESA HELD AT NUJ HOUSE IWEROYIN ABEOKUTA.
Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the saints teaching.
It's pathetic and very unfortunate that politicians have penetrated into the porosity of student politics, unionism and activism that much, that every genuine struggle of the students are seen as a golden opportunity to strike opponents a shot.
Virtually no angle records joy over disagreement of students and institutions authority degenerating into vandalism, malicious mischief, brutality, viciousness and campus closure.
THE HIJACK OF OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IGBESA STUDENTS STRUGGLE
Its quite unfortunate that rather than finding progressive prescription for the quandary of the unwillingness of the school management to conduct Student Union Election, the students loose guided to unscrupulous elements that birthed unprincipled actions of destroying and vandalising the school property.
The repairable and irreparable damages brought down on the school by protest hijackers remains a capital loss of battle stands and property to the students, we remain the recipient that absorbs more of the consequences of the struggle, as well the highest price payer in the sector.
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.
THE AUTHORITIES OF OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IGBESA A REAGENT
We tends to lose the moral ground to fault the school management over the ugly incident, still experience shows that fire burns! A goat does not bite except when pushed to the wall. Let us all accept that the angry students reacted in opposition to the action of the school management.
How we wish we have maintained and still could promise you a crisis-free session. But this will be tantamount to predicting the unpredictable human nature of man. We argue that students and their institution authorities have more in common to prosecute if only they appreciate and if only both of us can lift our "mortal siege".
NAPS POSITION
The leadership of National Association of Polytechnic Students condemns without any reservation, the unpatriotic act of conjoining hooliganism and gangsterism with unionism.
Student unionism is different from politics, the combination of both is nothing but indiscipline and injustice. We use this medium to sound a strong waning to all politician who see joy in using students as destructive machinations and prefers scoring political point through students struggles. We have identified and gladly they identify themselves, we promise to confront and pay in their coin whenever such comes into play again.
We advice the indigenes of Igbesa to desist partaking in actions capable of destroying the only state institution situated in yewa region of Ogun state, remember soldiers goes soldiers come barracks remain intact.
He who fight and run live to fight another day, we reach out to our fellow students to give up on battle, give way for negotiations and be willing to embrace peace, victory can alway be ascertain on round table provided we are ready to shift ground for each other.
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 seek the release of all arrested students and 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.
The leadership of NAPS has set up a conflict resolution committee saddle with the responsibility of meeting students stakeholders, management of the school and facilitating a resolutions meeting to harmonize both parties.
Signed
Comr Olugbode Damola .H
NAPS National PRO
Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the saints teaching.
It's pathetic and very unfortunate that politicians have penetrated into the porosity of student politics, unionism and activism that much, that every genuine struggle of the students are seen as a golden opportunity to strike opponents a shot.
Virtually no angle records joy over disagreement of students and institutions authority degenerating into vandalism, malicious mischief, brutality, viciousness and campus closure.
THE HIJACK OF OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IGBESA STUDENTS STRUGGLE
Its quite unfortunate that rather than finding progressive prescription for the quandary of the unwillingness of the school management to conduct Student Union Election, the students loose guided to unscrupulous elements that birthed unprincipled actions of destroying and vandalising the school property.
The repairable and irreparable damages brought down on the school by protest hijackers remains a capital loss of battle stands and property to the students, we remain the recipient that absorbs more of the consequences of the struggle, as well the highest price payer in the sector.
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.
THE AUTHORITIES OF OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IGBESA A REAGENT
We tends to lose the moral ground to fault the school management over the ugly incident, still experience shows that fire burns! A goat does not bite except when pushed to the wall. Let us all accept that the angry students reacted in opposition to the action of the school management.
How we wish we have maintained and still could promise you a crisis-free session. But this will be tantamount to predicting the unpredictable human nature of man. We argue that students and their institution authorities have more in common to prosecute if only they appreciate and if only both of us can lift our "mortal siege".
NAPS POSITION
The leadership of National Association of Polytechnic Students condemns without any reservation, the unpatriotic act of conjoining hooliganism and gangsterism with unionism.
Student unionism is different from politics, the combination of both is nothing but indiscipline and injustice. We use this medium to sound a strong waning to all politician who see joy in using students as destructive machinations and prefers scoring political point through students struggles. We have identified and gladly they identify themselves, we promise to confront and pay in their coin whenever such comes into play again.
We advice the indigenes of Igbesa to desist partaking in actions capable of destroying the only state institution situated in yewa region of Ogun state, remember soldiers goes soldiers come barracks remain intact.
He who fight and run live to fight another day, we reach out to our fellow students to give up on battle, give way for negotiations and be willing to embrace peace, victory can alway be ascertain on round table provided we are ready to shift ground for each other.
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 seek the release of all arrested students and 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.
The leadership of NAPS has set up a conflict resolution committee saddle with the responsibility of meeting students stakeholders, management of the school and facilitating a resolutions meeting to harmonize both parties.
Signed
Comr Olugbode Damola .H
NAPS National PRO
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