The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has fixed the Damages fee at #2000 as students are expected to resume back on campus on Wednesday, 8th May, 2019. This was earlier discussed at the Town and Gown meeting held on Monday, 6th May, 2019 at the Assembly Hall, North Campus of the Institution.
In his opening address, the Rector of the Institution, Professor Adekunle Adebiyi apologized to the parents who attended the meeting earlier before the time scheduled for all inconveniences. He further expressed that the meeting was organized to dialogue the issues which couldn’t bring about the logistics for resumption sequel to the female tournament on 3rd of April which later resulted into a full-blown riot on 4th of April.
He added that, students gave wrong contact of their parents which made it difficult for the necessary information to be passed across to their parents. Conversely, he emphasized on the duty of Landlords within the school environment to always take note of oath of occupants because both students and non-students seek accommodation, so as to know the kind of occupants they are giving their houses to.
In her address, the Registrar, Mrs. Modupe Fawale, spoke on the issue of moral, discipline and monitoring of students on the part of the parents. She added that indecent dressing has been a critical issue on campus as a result of parents’ negligence and ignorance of their children’s activities on campus. She, however, emphasized that students found guilty of any dubious activity would be dealt with accordingly and as well as making broadcasts on various media platforms.
While speaking on the resumption date, Mrs. Fawale stated further “the school resumes on Wednesday, 8th May, 2019, and each student is expected to pay damages fee of 2000 Naira through the school’s portal.”
In her remarks, the S.P. Sango Police Division, Joyce urged parents and guardians to ensure the proper monitoring of their wards’ conduct in the society so as to ease the efforts of the police in curbing the illicit acts in Oyo state metropolis.
Furthermore, various questions were raised on the appalling level of Security on campus, refund of Hostel fee, instilling discipline with the use of ID cards, Health, and environment. In the Rector’s response to the issue of Identity cards, he stated that plans are in place to ensure issuance of ID cards, and that most students are yet to pay their tuition fees not to mention the completion of their registration.
Similarly, in his response to the Refund of hostel fee, the rector assured the parents that the fees will be refunded in two weeks by forwarding letters to the management of the institution after necessary investigations will be conducted.
From the office of the Directorate of Students’ Affairs, it was announced that Parents, Guardians and Landlords can lodge complaints, as well as give urgent and vital information, and advice to ‘directoratestudentsaffairs@gmail.com and studentsaffairspolyibadan@gmail.com or contact and text 07089018916.’
Source: presscounciltpi.com.ng
