STUDENTS OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OFFA ON PROTEST

Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday, staged a peaceful protest to demand the conduct of students’ union election.
The gate of the school’s permanent site was closed, denying staff and students access.
The protesting students demanded for students’ election before matriculation and that hostel fees should be optional and not mandatory, reduction of school fees, and kicked against chest x-ray, high cost of textbooks and sexual harassment.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal poly Offa branch, Atilola Moses Idowu, confirmed the development, he siad that the students had an issue with the management of the institution over students’ election matters and the situation is being looked into by the appropriate body.