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You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 9:00am On Jun 15, 2016
Vanguard has reported this, leadership has reported also, but it seems they are not getting the nitty-gritty of the whole mess.

Now let it be made straight. It is a long one indeed, but will try and summarise as much as I can:

On Monday, 6th June, the SUG of the University of Nigeria, Enugu campus embarked on a one week warning sit-at-home strike - whereby they boycotted lectures and locked up d whole lecture classes.

What is their grievance?
1. Power supply. Nobody is talking about NEPA now. The school generator normally serves the student from 7pm to 12am (as far as there is no NEPA).

But for the past 4 Months, The students only get 2hours of light from 7-9pm. And that affects the students of UNEC who are majorly medical students, law students, accountancy and other professional courses that read a lot. What the students hear every time is that the generator spoilt and that the part needed to be changed is not found in Nigeria, and also that the person repairing it comes from Lagos.

This was what triggered the one week sit-at-home strike, which they tagged: "No light No Lecture".
All they needed is light from 7 pm to 12am, whether it entails buying a new generator or by however means.

2. WIFI: The students paid heavily for the WiFi. Yet have nothing to show for it. They needed constant WiFi which they paid for.
On the expiration of the one week strike. Nothing was done. Rather they received the worst news by the deputy vice Chancellor ( Who acts as the VC of d Enugu campus of university of Nigeria).

In his words, the DVC said:

" You people should open the lecture halls or we open it ourselves. So many persons are writing JAMB looking for admission and you people are joking with Yours. In 1960, we use to sit on the floor for lectures. You people do not have the right to go on strike.... "Etc.

He went ahead and threatened the SUG officials of jeoparding their admission if they don't call off the strike on 13th june, around 4pm.

The helpless SUG president succumbed. He called off the strike. And on hearing of the wordings of the DVC, the students were infuriated and embarked on a violent riot. They destroyed some school structures and even went to the DVC's house, but couldn't meet him. As it stands now, the school has been shutdown indefinitely and the SUG government suspended by the same DVC after meeting with the VC yesterday. It was also learnt that a panel has been set for the SUG officials and according to an insider, they (especially the president) might face rustication.


Remember: It is this same VC and his cabinet that compelled the new students to pay a 70,000 for laptop. And the question is: of what use is laptop when there is no light and WIFI?

The name of the DVC is Prof Smart N. Uchegbu.
And the VC is Prof. Benjamin Ozumba.

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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by nonjebose(m): 9:35am On Jun 15, 2016
That DVC can lie for Africa

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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Edunews: 11:07am On Jun 15, 2016
ONE YEAR AFTER HISTORY REPEATS ITS SELF IN UNEC AND THE STUDENTS ARE SENT HOME AGAIN.WHO IS TO BLAME THE STUDENTS OR THE ADMIN


Yes your guess is right it was this month last year that the student of unec and unn protested and went for that 2weeks break then ,for exactly same problem that the students are still complaining of ...... here is the link and one year after the same issues are yet to be addressed.

The students had to take laws into their our hands against to protest again

- The one week strike
- The peaceful protest
- The violent protest after the DVC threaten the force open the classes and not meeting the students demand.

And after all these no one is asking questions to the real people that they suppose to ask,
vanguard news and others news papers writing about the whole incident, its very clear that the newspapers are writing simply what the school wants the public to believe,that the students are animals and un cultured people,blaming them for standing up to a problem that couldn't be solved by the school after one whole year of promising to do so
But to you reading this post and to the so called super lions and lioness of this school that called the students animals after hearing one part of the story 'i say go Bleep your self".

The level of corruption in UNEC is so much that the EFCC needs to step in and investigate the matter
or better still vanguard newspaper and co should talk to the right students that knows what is really happening
from OBINNA OBIORA
URP .UNEC
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Evidence1000(m): 11:45am On Jun 15, 2016
It is well with Nigeria, it is well with my president, it is well with UNN
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by IME1: 12:15pm On Jun 15, 2016
UNN is for Nigeria oh. this is not an issue of region.
Federal government should revamp this school. it is bearing the name of Nigeria for Pete's sake

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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 12:28pm On Jun 15, 2016
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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 12:39pm On Jun 15, 2016
Na wa o
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 12:42pm On Jun 15, 2016
So students are not free to express their grievances again?Same with that unislave(unilag).God is our strength

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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by DTalented(m): 2:42pm On Jun 15, 2016
This won't get to NL front page for the world to see because it is not Unilag or UI Issue.

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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by pbs4real(m): 5:31pm On Jun 15, 2016
This is serious, lalasticlala come and see ooh.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by angeltolly(f): 6:08pm On Jun 15, 2016
Most of those students are nairalanders ....... Fighting for WiFi to struggle for first to comment embarassed

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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by HULABALO(f): 6:38pm On Jun 15, 2016
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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by misterawo: 7:34pm On Jun 15, 2016
UNEC my lovely school. . .what is happening?
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Tonydeeb(m): 7:35pm On Jun 15, 2016
angeltolly:
Most of those students are nairalanders ....... Fighting for WiFi to struggle for first to comment embarassed
Lol, you think?
Majority of 'em in that category actually feed off their network provider's free 10MB.
Do they even know what 'WIFI' stands for?
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by photoshoot(m): 7:38pm On Jun 15, 2016
You pay for WiFi in your school....

When we are actually tired of WiFi over here in unilag without paying a kobo to it.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Edunews: 7:54pm On Jun 15, 2016
UNEC Protest: What Actually Happened, The Untold True Story
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The Authorities of The University Of Nigeria, following a protest by students of the Enugu Campus of the University on monday, 13th June, has shut down the Campus indefinitely.
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The protest, it was gathered, was as a results of the Management's indifference towards the Terrible and pathetic welfare conditions of the students of the Enugu Campus of the University, whom by all indications, are the professional students of the University.
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According to information gathered from various sources, the protest has been long coming and had only been doused by intervening actions of the Student Union(SUG), of the University, which at this moment has been suspended over the same crisis.
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UNEC STUDENT PROTESTS: THE TRUE STORY
The protest by students of the Enugu campus of the University of Nigeria, came as a results of the Management's Unwillingness to improve the living/welfare conditions of the students to a near manageable standard, particularly in the area of Electricity, coupled with the fast approaching second semester examination.
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According to a student, who pleaded anonymity, the Management, have been asked to improve her efforts in tackling the horrendous light situation in the enugu campus, where professional students(of medicine, Nursing, Health sciences, Law, accounting, etc) argued that they only get 2hrs of power supply in 24 hours of the day. This request as we gathered has been sent since early May, by the Students Union, on behalf of the students (when the new Officials of the Student Union succeeded the outgoing one), and has always been an issue of deliberation whenever the management and officials of the Union meet.
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The Enugu campus of the University, has 2 generators, a 500KVA generator, and another 800KVA generator, which has been said to be overdue for replacement. These generators according to reports gathered are over 14 year old, and recently, have been breaking down almost every week, as they seem to have overstayed their life span.
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Sensing increasing tension among the students, and chatters of an intending protest, especially as the exams are close at hand, with the students largely unprepared due to the unavailability of Light to read, the Student Union intervened by;
1. Going on a Sit at Hostel Strike action, where classrooms were locked and the students remained in their hostel, till the current issue is resolved.
2. Pressed harder on the Authorities to find any means of providing power to the students from 7pm to 12 midnight, so the students can read.
3. Demanded that the exams be shifted to compensate for days lost during the power issue, so the students can be properly prepared for their examination.
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This isn't because power is the only crisis the school is having, but because, it is the major crisis capable of causing a protest. It would be gathered that last year(2015), in the same month(june), the University was shut down over the same issue, and in over 1 year, it is quite shameful that history is repeating itself again in the very same way.
The student welfare has been compromised terribly, beyond remedy, in the areas of
1. Water(bought for N30 a keg)
2. light(only 2hrs of light in a day of 24hrs)
3. Overcrowding in hostel rooms(as much as 8-12 in a single room)
4. Internet Service(WIFI), which each student paid N8,000 for.
5. Toilet/Bathroom(terrible to behold)
6. Long grasses around the hostels leading to snake bites, just to mention a few.
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Infact, one can say categorically, that the only good thing about UNEC, are the wonderful Lecturers, who are truly student friendly. No doubts, our Vice Chancellor, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Smart Uchegbu are very student friendly, but with a recurrence of last year's incident over the same issue. A lot of questions need to be asked in that regards.
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According to the Campus's Director of works, the only solution to the power crisis in the Campus is a new 1500KVA standalone generator, capable of powering the resources of the campus, without being overloaded, and this, was the suggestion made by the Students Union to the Management, together with the option of moving the Staffs generator and Medical Centre generator to the students use, till the new one is brought, in order to douse the growing tension and for the students to return back to classes.
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There were varying amount of Negotiation during the first week of the sit at hostel strike action by the Students Union, an action which was applauded by all and sundry, including the Acting Associate dean of Students Affairs, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, the Secretary to the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Director Of ICT and other members of the negotiating council, as a well thought out and matured way of handling such crisis, the first ever of such action by student leaders. The students demands were made known to the management by Union leaders and the management(represented by the Deputy Vice chancellor), promised to see the Vice chancellor in Nsukka on Friday, 10th June, during a Council meeting and convey the requests.
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For one week, there were a lot of deliberations by both parties, which ended with the Leadership of the Student Union calling for a students congress on Friday, 10th, June to reach a concensus with the students. The students voted unanimously to continue the strike till light has been provided from 7-12 midnight. This decision was further upheld in the Joint Consultative Council meeting of the Students Union, comprising of all Faculty and Departmental presidents and officials, as well as fellowship presidents and class reps, and it was further suggested at the meeting that they would hold a peaceful demonstration on monday morning, an action which was carried out to perfection, as not even a fly was killed.
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At a point during the demonstration, students wanted to leave the school environment, to head to the National Media and Publicity(NTA Television), and it took the intervention of the Student Union Officials to curtail that and keep them in check, ensuring that the demonstration ended peacefully, an event, that can be confirmed by the Deputy Chief Security Officer(DCSO) of the University.
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On this faithful monday, a meeting was scheduled to hold between the Leadership of the Students Union(including members of the JCC), and the University management. The meeting came to an end by past 2pm, after which it was gathered that officials of the students Union were finally comfortable with the proposals of the University Authority, which was conveyed by the Director of ICT, Mr. Olisa who was representing the Vice Chancellor of the University as follows;
1. The University has agreed to purchase a new 1500KVA generator and the process to withdraw the required funds from the TSA is already in progress.
2. The University has agreed to the students demand to modify the Semester Academic calendar.
3. Generator power would be extended to 2hrs 30mins for the 1 week duration the management requested to get the new gen.
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With this demands met, the Authorities of the Students Union agreed to call off her strike action, and open the locked classrooms so the students can return back to the classrooms, and the meeting came to an end, with a resolution finally reached.
These information was passed along to the expectant students, but was received with mixed reaction, with majority of the students insisting that its all false promise and that they are not willing to go back to the classroom till they have seen the generator, the students Union officials did their best to convince the aggrieved students to give the management a week to provide the generator as they promised and if after that, it wasn't done, they can then return back to the lecture boycott.
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As agreed, the Students Union opened all the locked classrooms, so that lectures and academic activities can commence the following tuesday.
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HOW THE NIGHT PROTEST BROKE OUT: According to Information gathered from various sources;
The students were in their hostels that monday night, and the generator lights were on. After less than 45 minutes, the generator was moved to the other hostels(sharing pattern), not lasting up to the promised 2hrs 30 minutes. This action infuriated the students, mainly males, who started turning out one after another, and headed to the generator house, and from there to the SUG officials hostel rooms, looking for the officials with the intent of assaulting, alleging that they(The SUG officials), have collected Money from the Management and decided to withdraw from the struggle.
In this process, the Clerk of the SUG House of Reps, Rt. Hon. Christian was assaulted with an Iron in the back resulting in a serious injury, while other officials ran for their lives, in the dark of the night.
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The Campus security officials as well as the Deputy Vice Chancellor were notified in the night by various officials of the Union, reporting the event going on, and they were advised by the authorities to seek a way to leave the hostels.
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The protesting students(mostly masked) then headed out into the open campus, damaging faulty and workings street lights alike, as well as glasses of buildings, cars and buses, including;
- the University Main Hall(all glasses)
- the Student Affairs
- the library
- Lady Ibiam Female Hostel
- Shuttle buses
- SUG Secretariat
- Security Office
- Door to DVC's administrative office
- private cars
Among others
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The student Union(currently suspended), ensured that they used all methods of peaceful negotiation during the period of crisis and continue to serve as a mediator between the Authorities and the students, while also protecting the image of the University of Nigeria. Indeed, the Union has worked for the interest of the University as well as its students which she was constituted to represent.
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It is sad that a couple of students were unable to control their emotions and allow their grievance/emotions overtake them, and in the process, engage other students in the acts of violence and destruction of School and private properties.
The Union Officials(though suspended), strongly condemns such acts of violence, and still affirm that in matters of crisis, Diplomacy and dialogue still remains the only and absolute way of resolving dispute, which produce gainful endings.
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"To this end, we must learn to always employ the acts of dialogue and diplomacy in engaging other parties in any issue of dispute in order to achieve a lasting and progressive resolution."- SUG UNEC
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#Thats the true story. Any other story told has been greatly misconstructed.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Rhyah(f): 8:50pm On Jun 15, 2016
Kai... I remember when I pay reparation fee for riot wey I no follow do... Dat money pain me shaa... If to say I know, I for follow... but na who violence don epp?
For Nija, there's nothing like make we sidon talk matter... at all at all... Authority go dey feel like one kyn Boss while d people go dey do gragra#we no go gree tins.
We had better learned to respect people and their opinions...give them the opportunity to air their views and see reasons with them. Students don hear weeeeeehhhhhnnn for dis nija educational system....dwindling by d second.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Michaellegend(m): 9:17pm On Jun 15, 2016
come to think of it....why are all these strike and protests happening only in d southern universities?
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 10:41pm On Jun 15, 2016
Michaellegend:
come to think of it....why are all these strike and protests happening only in d southern universities?

Really?

Did you check Unijos, Ksu and Bsu before posting this
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Michaellegend(m): 10:49pm On Jun 15, 2016
kelvinreality:

Really?
Did you check Unijos, Ksu and Bsu before posting this
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Michaellegend(m): 10:51pm On Jun 15, 2016
kelvinreality:


Really?

Did you check Unijos, Ksu and Bsu before posting this

I don't know abt those universities. besides unijos is the only Fed. university among those 3
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 1:49am On Jun 16, 2016
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Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 6:41am On Jun 16, 2016
Students should learn to engage in intellectual
protests. There is no difference between their
abominable act and that of motor park touts who
destroy public property over trifle disagreement. You don't have to be violent or go on a destruction spree to register your displeasure with the school management. I wait
to see if they won't pay reparation to the school.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by ORI1(m): 7:38am On Jun 16, 2016
Mods abeg move this to Frontpage, It's time to put an end to the arrant nonsense displayed by our Universities Administration.
BTW, greatest akokites, there is a showdown at d federal high court,ikoyi (bourdillon) btwn ULSU and d University Administration. It seems like school wants to punish them because of d protest. So please show them your support. Management Hooliganism must stop.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by DTalented(m): 9:39am On Jun 16, 2016
bejeiodus:
Students should learn to engage in intellectual
protests. There is no difference between their
abominable act and that of motor park touts who
destroy public property over trifle disagreement. You don't have to be violent or go on a destruction spree to register your displeasure with the school management. I wait
to see if they won't pay reparation to the school.

Learn to read before commenting.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Doyin400l(m): 9:59am On Jun 16, 2016
kelvinreality:


Really?

Did you check Unijos, Ksu and Bsu before posting this
because in Southern Universities the administrative body are corrupt leaders compare to the Northerns.....I.e Go to ABU Zaria .BUK,Kano.ATBU,Bauchi e.t.c and see for yourself.
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 10:44am On Jun 16, 2016
Doyin400l:

because in Southern Universities the administrative body are corrupt leaders compare to the Northerns.....I.e Go to ABU Zaria .BUK,Kano.ATBU,Bauchi e.t.c and see for yourself.

I am not here to compare The level of corruption of these respective schools, but I respond to counter a claim raised by an individual on the level of instability in southern university compare to the northern university.

On a serious note, why comparing the north with the south on every issue? Once corruption exist in any institution, the degree of that corruption should not be of no concern to us most times because corruption is corruption
Re: You cannot Believe What is Happening in UNN Now by Nobody: 4:14pm On Jun 16, 2016
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