Ban on UNILAG SUG lifted

School Authorities Lift Ban on UNILAG SUG

Authorities of the University of Lagos
(UNILAG) on Friday said they had lifted
the ban on students’ unionism. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rahamon
Bello, made the announcement at the
institution’s 2014/2015 matriculation in
Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the students union was
proscribed in 2005 under the former
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe,
sequel to a violent students’ unrest.
NAN reports that the vice-chancellor’s
lodge was attacked during the mayhem.
According to Bello, university education
should offer opportunity for well-
rounded development.
“You are leaders of tomorrow and as
such, opportunity for leadership
development should be unrestricted.
“With the recent endorsement of the
University of Lagos Students’ Union
Constitution, the authorities of the
institution has approved the unbanning
of full students’ union activities at the
university.”
Bello directed the Dean, Students’
Affairs, to immediately commence
arrangements for the election of the
Students’ Union executives, in line with
the new constitution.
He, however, urged the students to guard
against anything that was capable of
bringing back `the dark days’.
The vice-chancellor said that of the
61,931 candidates who applied during
the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, and 4, 361, from the Direct
Entry platform, only 26,641 scored 200
and above.
He said that 15,597 candidates wrote
post-UTME of the university.
Bello said that 5, 796 candidates were
offered provisional admission in the
UTME category and 2,805 in the direct
entry category, making a total of 8,601.
The vice chancellor, however, said that
after a thorough screening exercise, only
6,644, representing 10 per cent of the
total number of applicants, scaled the
registration procedures.
He advised the students to be good
ambassadors of their families, alma
maters, departments, faculties and the
university at large.