Monday, UNILAG students defied the rain to hold a demonstration,
protesting the repression of students which they tagged
#SaveUNILAGCoalition and #OccupyUNILAG. The aggrieved students expressed
their dissatisfaction with the management of the University, revealing
that the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Rahman Bello has
failed them.
Calling for freedom of expression and assembly, the students made some
demands which they expected the school's management to meet. Among the
demands made by the protesting students, "Reinstate UNILAG 11
unconditionally NOW" was the foremost demand. The UNILAG 11 are the 11
students rusticated for protesting.
Commenting on the rusticated students, OccupyUNILAG on Twitter wrote;
"Same institutions that teach about freedom of expression as a
fundamental right goes against it by rusticating #Unilag11. Please
#SaveUnilag."
"It is high time Nigerian Students are respected taken seriously," Twitter user, Oyenigbehin, also wrote.
The students also lamented the poor state of their hostel. To prove
their point about the poor welfare condition on campus, photos of Rooms
flooded as rainstorm damaged Honours hostel were shared by students of
the University.
Other demands the students made include; end to all anti-democracy and
anti-students policy, restoration of the UNILAG student' union, improve
welfare conditions on campus, stop victimisation of Postgraduate
students, reverse all outrageous accommodation fee and fictitious
laboratory fee.
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