The Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra state
schooling activities have been on a lock down for
over 2 months now, citing a decision by the
schools authority to descipline students for
insulting the rector, Prof. Godwin Onu.

The polytechnic which sprang into normal
activities after ASUP’s prolonged strike July of this
year, went ahead to conclude the previous
academic session, rush over 2nd semester exams
and begin a new academic session.

Normal activities were thought to have began in
earnest, until the SUG elections which saw all
candidates for SUG president dis-qualified and a
female (who won the vice-president of the student
union government) was unanimously announced
winner of the election, started a new episode of
the sorrows of students.

The birth of CBT examinations in Oko
Following the imposition of a female as the SUG
president, the Rector of the Polytechnic Professor
Godwin Onu, decided to implement the computer
based system of taking examinations, which have
originally been refused by the students of the
institution, citing time management, hanging
computers as reasons for refusing the use of
computers for taking examinations. However, this
time all pleas fell on deaf ears of Rector of the
institution, who insisted examinations must be held
using computers.

Angry students who felt the rector was being a
dictator decided to voice their displeasure,
disconnecting his speech with chants of “we no go
gree”, “no cbt” and that was how everything
started.

According to our source, the rector of the
polytechnic angrily left the gathering and vowed to
deal with the students. A few days later, the school
management posted on the notice boards within
the school that the ND 2 and HND 2 of the
polytechnic were going to embark on 3weeks
suspension. The suspension was duely carried out
and ended on 12th of November, which was
supposed to be the new date of exams for the
school.

Unfortunately, on resumption, the Rector of the
polytechnic decided to “deal” with a select
departments, asking them to go and write an
apology letter, a letter of undertaking, and ask key
people in the school to sign including the school’s
anti-cult, the chief security officer of the school,
their respective HOD’s, their respective Deans, and
the bursar of the institution, after which they
invite their parents to come to the school for
“briefing”.

Other students of the school are asked to pay their
fees before sitting for their examinations.

Students of the polytechnic have been in their
various hostels and lodges for well over 2 months
without engaging in any schooling activity and are
bitterly complaining of the situation of the school,
which is keeping prospective graduates from
leaving the school environment on schedule.

When we tried to contact the school for comment,
we were told the Rector of the school travelled to
India and only he has the power to discuss the
issue at hand.

http://gistscrib.com/2-months-at-home-federal-polytechnic-oko-students-write-apology-letter-to-rector-no-exams-till-further-notice/

If this is true, Then I think Govt and human right activists should wade in ASAP. But Op d topic and body of d write up sha, hmmmmm, e no rhyme ooooooo.