The forum, which was chaired by the former Vice Chancellor of the institution, Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo, had in attendance parents, lecturers, clergy as well as representatives of the students.
The stakeholders meeting was necessitated by the students’ protest last year November over deplorable water and electricity supply in the halls of residence on the campus. The management sanctioned nine students, but due to the rustication for a semester of one of them, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) stormed the school, disrupted academic activities for two days, leading to shutting down of the university.
At the end of the almost four- hour meeting where different people bared their minds and preferred solutions, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka announced that the Senate of the institution would meet tomorrow, Thursday, and deliberate on the entire discussion.
He also declared that the management would meet with the representatives of the Student Union body sometime next week to fashion out solution to the quagmire. His words, “We have listened to all the brilliant suggestions made by the parents and other stakeholders here present. We shall distil them we appreciate you all for this. The management knows what to do. The Senate will meet on Thursday this week to deliberate on the discussions so far made. By next week, we shall also convene a meeting with the students representatives to find solution to the problems on ground.
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