Over 90 students of the Institute of
Management of Technology, Enugu, on Saturday protested against alleged
withdrawal of their admission by the authorities of the institution.
The angry students, who are of the
Department of Computer Science, marched from the campus of the
state-owned polytechnic to the Enugu Government House.
They alleged that several months after
they were offered admission by the institution, the Head of Department
of the Computer Science, Mrs. M. Okorie, had stopped them from obtaining
their registration numbers.
The protesting students explained that
no reason had been given for their current travails, even after they had
paid all the relevant fees, including first year registration and
school fees.
In a protest letter to Enugu State
Governor Sullivan Chime, the students stated that they were duly offered
admission by the institution and pleaded with the governor to come to
their aid before their semester examination kicks off in less than one
week.
“Look at our admission letters and
receipt of schools fees,” one of them said as the students displayed
their admission letters and receipts of fees they had already paid.
The students told journalists, “They
have refused to give over 90 of us registration numbers and up till now,
no explanation has been given for this. We only heard from the
grapevine that the HOD said that registration numbers had been issued to
the number of students the department can take.
“Our question then is why did they
offer us admission when they knew they would not take us? Why did they
allow us to pay school fees when they knew they would not issue us with
registration numbers? There is no way we can write exam without
registration number.
“So, we are appealing to the good
Governor of Enugu State to come to our aid. We know how our parents
suffered to get this money. We appeal to the government to intervene and
stop this evil.”
Chime’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr.
Chukwudi Achife, who addressed the students, assured them that
government would look into the matter and ensure that justice was done.
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IMT Enugu will neva change, shame un2 u.I regret eva going there 2 study, none of my relation will eva go there shameless skull,all they re afta is moni infact IMT is a biznes skull
ReplyDeleteis u nt refused to change both in learning n in moral notminding the untiring effort the institutions made. U ar one of those ingrate dat mistakenly found their way into the school think tha d school wink shield u frm undesirable attitude to learn. Sorry bcos I guess u didn't get Wht u Wsh and only to bounce back blackmailing the sch.. IMT still remain one of tertiary institutions in Nigeria that still retain moral and academic decorum.
DeleteThe affected students should apply for refund of fees they had paid. Their money will be refunded back to them. They should follow the right process instead of unnecessary protest
ReplyDeleteApplying for their refunds? what of the time wasted. Its not fair, Nigeria govt should be careful in some of the decisions they took.
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