The students of the Yaba College of Technology, (YABATECH) Yaba Lagos, are reportedly protesting the death of one of their colleagues.

According to reports, the deceased, Dazan Charity, a female student of the school, did not receive adequate health treatment when she was ill, and this led to her untimely death.


The student,reportedly died on the morning of Wednesday, February 10.  She was believed to be in her final year in the department of Food Technology. She visited the school medical center for an ailment and proper attention was not given to her.


It was reported that she lost her life just two weeks before her final examinations


The students shut down the gates leading into the school and have also ground activities to a halt.

Unconfirmed reports by the students of the school revealed that the campus medical centre refused to treat her because she was unable to pay the treatment fee of N35,000.

Source: http://naijanewsroom.com/50436/

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STUDENTS DEFY RECTOR's ORDER TO VACATE CAMPUS


According to recent report, the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, YABATECH has been shut down for the next four weeks and students have been directed to leave campus during this time.

The school authority made the move after students violently protested the ‘questionable’ death of final year colleague, Dazan Charity.

According to the directive, no students should remain on the campus from Thursday, February 11.


The students, however, refused to obey this order, and have sealed all entrances to the school in protest.

Witness report showed that Dazan fell ill on Tuesday, February 9. After visiting the hospital clinic, she was referred to Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute-Metta.

Both medical facilities were unable to make quick decisions to save her life, reports say. She was, Wednesday, buried at Atan Cemetery which is not very far from the school.


The school issued a directive mandating all students to leave the campus. The school library and departmental blocks have also been sealed to forestall vandalisation.

Speaking to  NewsroomNG, one student said ‘We have sealed the school gates again and are not going anywhere.’


A source from the school management said,  “some dangerous elements are using Dazan’s death to call for the resuscitation of the Student Union Government (SUG)” which was banned a while back.

But the students who spoke to NewsroomNG said they want to mourn Dazan for two weeks and write exams after that.


 

‘We are not prepared to go for any four week break…it’s too long,’ one student said.

‘We will remain here and mourn our colleague. We are not leaving.’

They urged all those leaving the campus to stay put.

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