The Federal Polytechnic, Oko in
Anambra State will resume today, after five weeks of closure.

The institution was shut on March 25, following a clash between students and a masquerade group in the community.

In a statement yesterday, polytechnic’s spokesman Mr. Obini Onuchukwu said the decision to reopen the school followed the submission of an interim report by the panel set up by the school and the community to look into the causes of the clash and ways of
sustaining peace.

He said: “It is worthy of note that the resumption does not foreclose further deliberations and negotiation for payment of reparation, as the panel only submitted an interim report.

A meeting of the expanded management has been summoned to look into the matter.

“All students of the Polytechnic in
Atani, Ufuma and Oko campuses are advised to return today as lectures resume tomorrow.

Lecturers are requested to round up their lectures to enable examinations commencement.”

The management appealed to Oko
youths, especially those whose
property were affected and the injured to allow peace to reign.

SOURCE: www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/45126-oko-poly-resumes-today.html