Varsity Students Protest FG’s
Plan To Scrap College Of
Management Sciences
By Hembadoon Orsar, Makurdi
Students of the Federal University of
Agriculture Makurdi in their hundreds in
the early hours of yesterday protested
over the recent decision by the minister
for education, Adamu Adamu on the
scrapping of college of management
sciences from all the federal
universities of Agriculture across the
country.
Addressing the angry students who
covered the major road from north bank
where the university is located causing
serious traffic gridlock on the road, the
vice chancellor of the university, Prof.
Emmanuel Kucha appealed to the
students to be calm as they were
already making plans to meet with the
federal government over the matter.
Prof Kucha who expressed dismay over
the decision of the federal government
noted that if the college of management
sciences was scrapped so many
lecturers would be affected as well as
students.
He said he was in total support of the
students in saying no to the decision by
the minister for education as there can’t
be university of agriculture without
college of management sciences adding
that no one can be successful in
agriculture without good management
background.
Also addressing the students, the dean
of college of management Sciences,
Prof Fidelis Ayatse, called on the
students to be calm as plans were
underway to tackle the issue.
A 300 hundred level student of
biochemistry department, David pine
who is the vice president, Students’
Union government appealed to the
federal government to reconsider its
decision, saying that the college of
management sciences is beneficial to
the university in many ways.
A 400 level student of Accounting, Mr
Okpe Ikechukwu who spoke to our
correspondent described the decision by
the Hon minister as worrisome and sad
adding that it was the same federal
government through the National
Universities Commission that gave
approval for the university to have a
college of management sciences, so
why turning round to frustrate the
students and lecturers of the college.