students of the College of Management Sciences (COLMAS) of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia, on Thursday, protested against the Federal Government’s policy scrapping seven courses in the college. The affected courses are Accounting, Banking and Finance, Marketing, Economics, Entrepreneurial Studies, Industrial Relations and Business Administration. The students protested to the office of the Dean of the college, Prof John Ihendinihu, and called on the management of the university to initiate steps toward the restoration of the courses. The President, Association of Management Science Students (AMSS) of the university, Mr Uzoma Onuoha, said that they were disturbed by the news of the scrapping of the courses. Onuoha said that they were worried by the development and wanted to know what the management was doing about it. “We appeal to you sir to ensure that something is done fast to restore the programmes. “We can never be violent or engage in any act that would bring shame to the university as we continue to express our dissatisfaction with the policy,” he said. The students carried placards, some of which read: “Restore our programme in JAMB brochure. “The scrapped management programmes were approved by relevant professional bodies” and “Management programmes in MOUAU have been in existence since 2003’.” Responding, the dean said that the college with the university management was on top of the situation and hoped to get positive response from the relevant authority. He urged the students to remain calm and peaceful. Ihendinihu said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development came up with the policy to scrap non-agriculture courses from the three universities of agriculture in Nigeria. The affected institutions are MOUAU, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUNAM) and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)