YABATECH shut for one month as students protest death of colleague

 

YABATECH shut for four weeks as students protest death of colleague

Following several days of protest, the management of the Yaba College of Technology has suspended academic activities in the school for four weeks.

Students of the school have been protesting the death of a final year student of the institution, Comfort Dazan for the past few days.

The angry students had gone on rampage in the college, shutting all its entrances and singing solidarity songs to protest against Dazan’s death, which they claimed was as a result of the poor state of the medical facility in the school.

Dazan, a Higher National Diploma II student of the Office of Management Technology department, passed on after she fell ill and was rushed to the college’s medical centre, which allegedly demanded N35,000 before she could be attended to.

The protests have since grounded school activities.

The school authorities have also enlisted the help of security officials to ensure the protests don’t escalate.

Head, Public Relations Unit, Charles Oni, said in a statement that the suspension of academic work was to mourn Dazan.

He said, “The academic board of the college has suspended academic activities in the school for four weeks to allow the management, workers and students to mourn the loss of Dazan, who died on Wednesday.

“To forestall further destruction of the school property, students are to vacate halls of residence latest at 12pm on Thursday, February 11. The management has pledged to attend to other issues and requests by students in due course.”

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