UNILAG declared a lecture-free week from Thursday, February 23rd to 27th, Senate also declared Thursday, March 9th to 13th, a lecture-free week to allow the students to vote during the gubernatorial election on Saturday, March 11th.

The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has approved lecture-free weeks to enable students to vote during the presidential and governorship elections.

The announcement was contained in a publication made available to myschoolnews, titled: “Fourth Revised Academic Calendar for the second semester, 2021/2022 session.

In the revised academic calendar, UNILAG declared a lecture-free week from Thursday, February 23rd to 27th to enable students to vote during the presidential election on Saturday, February 25th.

The University Senate also declared Thursday, March 9th to 13th, a lecture-free week to allow the students to vote during the gubernatorial election on Saturday, March 11th.

With the declaration of lecture-free weeks in February and March, UNILAG students would exercise their franchise during the presidential and national assembly as well as governorship and state house of assembly elections.

Recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had stated that students make up 40 percent of newly registered voters for the 2023 general elections.

The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had said 7.2 million new voters are youths and are between 18 to 34 years while 3.8 million (40.8 percent) were students.

Most tertiary institutions academic calendar for 2021/2022 session, revealed that no provision was made for students to go on break to vote at their different polling units.

Some lecturers had equally stated that it is not their responsibility to suspend lectures for students to go and vote but the job of the Senate and Academic Board of universities and polytechnics.

Also, worried by the situation, the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) had earlier called for two weeks break to allow students to vote during the February 25th and March 11th presidential and governorship elections.

SOURCE: https://myschoolnews.ng/unilag-announces-closure-date-directs-students-to-vacate-campus

More plus for tinubu minus for Peter Obi......

Stop the misinformation...they are lecture free weeks; schools are not closing down.

Good move

Nice one...



Other schools to follow suit

Good

This is the way to go

Go home and vote

Wonderful.

Would be nice to see students vote for continuity of a government that wasted their time and plagued them with ASUU strikes.
Or gave false promises on student loans

APC, where are the student loans you promised abeg?

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APC are shameless liars

Nice way to go.

ASUU can go and hug transformer

This is a breakthrough for Tinubu emergency. All things works together for good.

The right step in the right direction

That is how it is supposed to be

christejames:
Nice one...



Other schools to follow suit

nice what? It should only be lecture free not a forced evacuation of the campus.

OBI Kerenke!

Good moves

Let the youth participate fully in this coming elections

We are the leaders of tomorrow

Good.d Lagos landlord must be retired weither by crook or cooked

Very good

Peter Obi is coming , we are happy

It is lecture free week

Moderators, where was it stated that students should leave the campus. Stop misleading people

Hookup don go vacation be that

Ok

Nigeria will be great again... Way to go

funshint:
Stop the misinformation...they are lecture free weeks; schools are not closing down.

Can you please explain further the difference

OkCornel:
Wonderful.

Would be nice to see students vote for continuity of a government that plagued them with ASUU strikes.
Or gave false promises on student loans

APC, where are the student loans you promised abeg?

most students dont have voters card unfortunately.

This FG are planning for national confusion day.the youth are the main target for this game.let all NYSC too go home.they will surely pay for this decision I swear.strike is loading street blocking is coming soon.election day may not hold am foreseeing it I swear.

Nice one. For those VCs and ASUU opposing, they should vote Peter Obi and rest.

Unilag is smart.. Instead of closing totally, na lecture free days dem give

BigDick70inch:
More plus for tinubu minus for Peter Obi......

U think say UNILAG students Mumu like you, Abi?😏