Students, Lecturers’ Protest Cripple Academic Activities at Federal Poly Ede

Lecturers were asking the management of the institution full implementation of new welfare package tagged CONTISS 15, contending that other institutions had paid it to their colleagues.

The lecturers were said to have given the management 14-day ultimatum within which to effect the payment or face the wrath of the workers. The ultimatum lapsed on Monday, prompting them to state the protest by the lecturers.

The protest later turned violent when some students the polytechnic hijacked and dominated the entrance of the polytechnic.

However, the students, who had just started their exams on Monday, abandoned their classes and joined their teachers kicking against payment of N1,000 for late registration.