The unwarranted increase in fees in unn has resulted in a riot which saw the destruction of many properties including the VC's house. Imagine an increment of acceptance fee from #5000 to #25000, convocation fee from #6000 to #40000 and planning to raise hostel accomodation from #9000 to #30000. The school fee is yet to be released.pleee, ase federal government come to our aid.

This is not a good story of UNN at this point in time. I'm quite happy on how the lions & lionesses hve taken up this challenge,though it may quite cripple schl activities at the moment. But I implore the stand they took on this issue,hopefully smthing wl come out of it. Nw the man will definitely know that he is playing in lion's den.

That serves the vc right.

That's better, lets fight for ourselves

WAR! WAR!! WAR!!!

Bartho must go

The increases are so unfair? What were the justification for making such drastic increase in this period of economic meltdown with so many bread winners losing their jobs. I heard the VC already sent his daughter away to America. The Government had beta do something about this, and suprisingly it is not yet in any of the national television (poor coverage of the media houses). Na wa for this country oh!!

[size=8pt][size=8pt]I think this is the time we need God's intervention most. What with the President out, and the vice busy with his house, what chance does "menial" issues like "education" hold in the delegation squad?![/size][/size][color=#000099][/color]

Latest development; students are told to vacate the hostels on or before 7:00pm today. Now tell me where they want these people to go? Those travelling far distance, will they sleep at the park?

Bartho (our VC) can lie oh! See what he said no NTA last might there is no atom of truth in it.

What a shame!

Aside fees increment, d vc hs decided 2 be a tyrant,with so many anti ppl policies. It's dat bad!

ahhhhhhhhhh! NA WA O. Pls u guys shud not relent. These increment am sure are going into Bartho's pocket. Imagine the idiot has flown his dorta abroad to school. God punish am! Best thing is to go to media houses and announce. Block ALL roads in Enugu. THIS IS WAR!

Think u guys can recruit from d 9ja delta as well. Make we help una kidnap Bartho! We fit blow up vc house join o if una want oo

That devil's incarnate wants to kill us, let's kill him first.

Bartho is going down for sure. No two ways about that. If its war he wants, we'll give him WAAAAAAARRR,

i think the man hasn't been mobbed b4.he shud ask those who have.

this scenero is similar to lasu crisis dat lasted for 6months.

Bartho okolo! Bartho okolo!! Bartho okolo!!! How many times did you hear your name? Hmmm!

See yarn from Bartho Vice Chancellor of the
University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, Prof. Bartho
Okolo, has blamed
Saturday demonstration by
the students of the
institution over rumoured
hike in fees which turned
violent, on those he
described as disgruntled
elements who failed in their
bid to clinch the office of the
vice chancellor.
Prof Okolo, in an exclusive
interview with Daily Sun,
said his administration
which set out to upgrade the
institution to world class and
to make the environment
conducive for both learning
and teaching is almost
realising this dream at the
time the students were
instigated to carry out the
demonstration.
He regretted that the
students were instigated to
act on baseless rumour by a
few mischief makers in the
institution, pointing out that
increase in fees is not the
prerogative of the vice
chancellor as there are laid
down procedures for it which
the students’ union knows.
The UNN VC, who was
sober apparently because of
what happened in his
institution, also decried the
inability of the police to rise
to nip the demonstration in
the bud as he had alerted
the Area Command,
advising them to deploy men
to the campus to forestall
the action.
He, therefore, advised his
students to always cross-
check any information given
to them as it is the resolve of
his administration to make
life better for them on
campus.
Property worth millions of
naira were destroyed last
Saturday by the UNN
students who said they were
protesting various hikes in
fees, but the vice chancellor
said the claims were
unfounded, insisting that the
university had never planned
to increase fees. Excerpts:
What caused the
demonstration
What I heard myself was
that…because there was
never a dispute between the
administration and the
students, we have had very
cordial relationship with our
union. What I got even
before the demonstration
from the students’ union
president and their people
was that some people were
instigating the students to
demonstrate and to cause a
disorderly environment, that
the university will increase
fees, which I told the
students’ union government
that there was no evidence
on that, that there was
nothing whatsoever to show
that because both the
university administration,
the principal officers, nobody
has ever thought about
increment, it has not been
discussed not to talk of it
being presented anywhere, it
was just a rumour that is
unfounded and the students’
union assured me that they
were going to go round to
educate the students that
this was an unfounded
rumour.
The rumour of hike in
accommodation fees
We have not discussed
anything in this regard at all
and I remember telling the
students that we have a big
plan for the university. I
have been there for 24
years and my children have
passed through that
university. They don’t have
toilets; you can go there and
see things for yourself, the
students defecate in paper
bags and that situation
saddened all of us. Again,
most of the roofs are leaking
and we decided to
rehabilitate the environment
for the students; that is the
most painful thing about this
demonstration because it
came at a time the university
has invested so much
resources and time in trying
to make the students
comfortable and which the
students appreciated; and
have been calling in to say
that they are so happy with
this administration for what
they are doing for them.
We are re-roofing all the
hostels at the same time,
cleaning and re-building all
the toilets at the same time
and the entire environment
of the students. We are
building the students centre
that has not been done for a
very long time and they are
supposed to be completed this
January just to make sure
that we create appropriate
teaching and learning
environment for the
students. And we have been
doing all these without
asking them for anything
and even if you have to ask
for an increase, you need to
show the people why you
have to do the increment.
And right from the time I
took over I have been
discussing with the students’
union that if there is any
reason for us to increase
anything, I will call you,
anything that concerns you,
I will call you and we will sit
down to discuss it and I will
tell you what we are doing
and we will collectively
decide whether it is right or
not; that is my belief, that
is what I think should be
done so that we will not
take actions with impunity
and that is what we have
been doing. And that will
tell you that the
demonstration was tele-
guided by a few misguided
elements in the university,
some university staff and we
know them. Most of them
were arrested yesterday with
the cult members they were
organizing this thing with in
a hotel at Nsukka.
Inability to nip the
demonstration in the bud
We tried to do that. Even
a day before the
demonstration, I called the
police area commander and
told him that this was
coming and that he should
mobilize about 200 of his
men to secure the university
that the presence of security
operatives will very likely
dispel the students and
thereby prevent the action.
So, I didn’t know why they
didn’t do that, probably
they don’t have enough
resources or enough men; I
don’t really know, but I
personally called the area
commander to inform him
and before 5:30 a.m. that
morning, before the students
started mobilizing, I called
him again and also called
the mobile police commander,
I called all of them and
told them. When the
students were approaching
my house and my daughter
was inside my house I called
them and told them that
my children were in the
house, but I don’t know why
they did not do anything.
Extent of damage
The estimate has not been
done, but I understand that
a lot of things were damaged
and unfortunately most of
the things are the good
things we are putting in place
to make the university a
better place for the
students.
Those behind the mayhem
They are not just my
colleagues or people I lead,
they are just a few
disgruntled elements who
felt that they contested the
vice-chancellorship with me
and they vowed that if they
can’t get this thing by
examination, they can get it
by force; because we were
subjected to a very rigorous
examination and I was
chosen after the
examination. So, the
important thing is that they
are known and they should
come to say why they did
what they did. Most of
them have done things that
are very inimical to the
university and maybe this is
a way they think that if
they remove Bartho Okolo
by instigating the students it
will be covered up.
Not all of them, just two of
them and because they are
greedy people who want to
reap where they did not
sow.
My determination to re-
build UNN
I am determined, you know
my record and you can go
and investigate further, I
have a track record of
delivering on my mandate, I
have good track record of
very positive and constructive
service and I am sure that it
is this spirit that they want
to kill; I will not allow them
to do that; it is demoralizing
actually, but I will not allow
them because that university
will be the first university in
Nigeria and Africa. We
are determined to upgrade
that university to an
enviable height.
Pattern of increasing fees
It is not the vice chancellor’s
prerogative, it is actually the
council’s prerogative. What
the vice chancellor will do is
to bring his management and
the central officers and
decide on fees when the time
comes and then they will
send the proposal to the
council and the council will
approve this; that is how it is
done. So there has not been
any discussion on fees, I can
tell you there is absolutely no
time we have discussed fees
at any level in that
university. You can go
yourself to the school and
interview the principal
officers, the management
and the council members
and find out yourself
whether any of such things
have been discussed, the
minutes of all these things
are there, see whether any
of these are there. And I
have told the students’
union and they know all
that; so that will tell you
that the demonstration was
something that was done to
distract the students and to
create an unruly
environment, to create the
impression that the vice
chancellor is not doing well.
My advice to the students
I will want to tell my
students that as
undergraduate students, you
people are mature students.
If you qualify to enter into a
university, you will be in the
university without your
parents, without anybody
standing at your back,
nobody pushing you to get up,
you get up by yourself and go
for your lectures. So, we
advise them as mature
people, before you take
action confirm that what you
have heard is the truth, do
not act on rumours. And
they should be responsible
people, even if the rumour
was true the appropriate
thing to do was to go and
ask the administrators; is
this thing true? Then you
dialogue and negotiate, you
don’t have to take laws into
your hands, the best thing is not to destroy public
property. All these property
they have now destroyed,
they are going to pay for
them, their parents are going
to pay for them, so we advise
them to be responsible people
because any person in the
university is assumed to be a
responsible person and not
one who behaves like a tout.

The writeup is from today's Sunnews www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/jan/18/national-18-01-2010-13.htm

The best thing that will happen to UNN is for EFCC to come get Professor Bartholomew Okolo arrested, he is the most corrupt and deceitful Vice Chancellor in the country . Almost 40,000 students had already paid N25,000 acceptance fees which amount to over 1Billion naira, unfortunately the receipt bears N2,000
He started his administration by demolishing all the eating places and business centers inside the school premises, without providing alternative places and no one talked. He forced 40,000 student to buy shopping forms at the rate of 10,000 which amounted to over FOUR HUNDRED MILLION NAIRA that went to his personal purse, Next he went ahead and increase acceptance fee from 6000 to 25000 and made over N1billion.
While thousands of students were paying 25,000 naira in the bank,2000 receipt were given to them. Then on the University website fresh undergraduates were billed to pay N85,000 excluding sundry fess, which altogether amounts to N125,000.
Convocation fees from N4,000 to N40,000(900% increase) and then school fees for old student was N80,000. All this information were in University Website befor the demonstration began, after the demonstration it all disappeared from the website.
There were two fronts in the crisis. The first involved the secondary students of the institution who were protesting arbitrary fee hike by their school from N30,000 to N60,000, because demanded the school should provide N90millions within two days. Letters reportedly signed by the principal, Mrs. Ebele Erojikwe and issued to the students earlier on Wednesday sparked off the violent demonstration on Thursday. On Friday when student union government confronted him on the matter, he refused to address them, that why the Union mobilize students for the demonstrations.

THE PROFILE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR

1) He was the Chairman of NUGA committee during Nebo's regime. He ended up leaving most Sport facilities uncompleted, looting the remaining money. Billions of Naira went into his personal purse

2) When he assumed office started demolishing classrooms, restaurants and Computer Centres in the campus with no compensation to the owners, providing no single alternative for stranded students. No place to eat nor type documents.


3)He is arrantly arrogant, snubbing meetings with the SUG severally abusing his fellow professors

5) using SSS, POLICE,,MOPOLS and SOLDIERS to intimidate and harass lecturers and students.

6. Award contract without following the school administration process
7) The only VC in the history of UNN that openly harass the female students sexually.


THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA STUDENTS WANT LEADERS OF THOUGHT IN THE COUNTRY TO ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

(1) What happened to the 1Billion naira realized from acceptance fees
(2)Where is the FOUR HUNDRED MILION NAIRA REALIZED FROM shopping forms sold to 40,000 students at the sum of N10,000 each?

(3)Would the thousand of students who paid the acceptance fee of N25,000 each be refunded, since he is denying of any increase?
(4) Why Would students be issued N2,000 receipt after paying N25,0000?
(5)Would the thousand of students who paid the acceptance fee of N25,000 each be refunded, since he is denying of any increase?

(6) what about those who don’t have 25,000 to pay for the newly increased acceptance fees, would they be allowed to pay
N2,000
(7)Why is the new VC denying that he did not plan for any increase when he already made billions of Naira from the increase?
Why has the New VC failed to address students since he assumed office?

How much more money does he want to make before he allows peace to rain in UNN?

What is the school council and senate doing, if they have not been bribed?

Why do we have such people as leaders in the high institutions?

The answers to the above questions will prove that the VC is not morally and academically fit to govern our University?
What a criminal
What a crook
What is EFCC waiting for?

My brother lets sit an watch what will happen. If the government fail to investigate this matter properly, i will know that the betterment of Nigeria is still far fetched

so what will nw happen to freshers?,cos me i am tired of staying at home.

@sharonhope. Freshers will have to stay home like the rest of us till the school is reopenned

okolo must goooo!!!
there is all politics ecery where!!!

UNN SAGA!
Batho must not use d freakish wireless as a guise to flare school fees amid d present plight of UNN students. it is a poorly crafted mesure, knowing full well that more than 60% of UNN students has no laptops; the network is limited to a small area; there is regular power outage and not more than 20 laptop charging ports around the school.

we cannot be squeezed into their mould, neither shud we keep silent. D legacy layed by d defunct SUG (UNN) and fundermentalist accroos other universities energise us. Let every student of UNN avail his/her self the present riot. This time Batho nd his cohorts would meet a faceless and defiant elites. It would b a return to status-quo or nothing!
Together we stand!!!
ALUTA CONTINUA!!!

UNN students must come together to fight this evil called Batho Okolo. y shud he push the school fees that high. If he is not contained now, i assure everyone - the school fees wud soon rise to 100,000 niara; for he is a raving maniac

I refuse to understand why some people are so cruel and selfish. Bartho or whatever his name is, should be handed over to EFCC. He is a criminal and a rogue.Where and where can one browse in the Campuses. Even if the students are to pay for internent access, would one spend as much as N 12,000 for browins only. Its really outrageous and inhuman to add such amount to the school fees. It makes no sense at all, instead it presents Bartho and his cohorts as bandits and BIG FOOLS!