Combatant greetings to all our
ever-rugged Nigerian Students
who have stood with the titanic
struggle to this perilous
junction at which we now find
ourselves; thank you. We feel
sympathies for those of our
comrades (S.U.G. presidents and
stakeholders) who sold out
their birthrights because of the
N150 000 token offered by
those State politicians who
continue to derive joy in the
continual divisions within
students’ bodies. And we pitch
our tent of solidarity with the
ever-gallant OOUITES agitating
for reasonable reduction of
tuition fees, and the immediate
implementation of the longtime
pledge of our dear Governor.
We had peacefully marched
down to Oke-Mosan to air our
plight, when hired thugs
attacked us. Yet we pressed
forward, as disciplined soldiers
would, afraid of nothing and
trusting the maturity of our
Governor to recognise and
respect the sacrosanctity of
peaceful demonstrations,
particularly in a democratic
dispensation, when policemen
tear-gassed us, and rather
ridiculously too. Yet we
remained firm and focussed,
and still do; even now that the
ultimatum given to the State
Government has lapsed.
We were yet patiently and
amicably awaiting the coming-
to-reason of Mr Governor when
he ordered the lockdown of
OOU. Curious as to the rationale
behind this, we sought out
explanations and found out
until the unwarranted
lockdown is to maintain peace
and order when Mr Governor
could no longer meet up with
our demand as he had earlier
promised. Alas!
WHERE MR GOVERNOR GOT IT
WRONG…
Your Excellency,
Things are this good, and this
bad, not because we are
sponsored hands against your
success in the State House, as
you must have been told by
(some of) those around you;
things are the way they are
because (some of) your aides
are hiding facts from you, are
busy wreaking havoc with the
tentative power they derive
from your government, and are
unabashedly throwing reason
and sanity to the winds, all in
the name of serving you, and
faithlessly indeed.
We had made several
complaints to appropriate
quarters, only for them to label
and libel us as anti-government.
Yet whenever we challenge
them on their responsibility to
the student populace, they
manipulate and upturn issues,
and end up giving bribes to
major stakeholders,
stuff their mouths with wads of
naira notes, and make them
sing high praises of jobs not
done.
It was in such a situation that
some Comrades sold
themselves cheap and
shamelessly called our last
peaceful protest of over 3,000
students a political rally because
of what they wanted to eat or
had stuffed down their throats,
because of what they had been
promised, because of what had
changed hands or changed
accounts. And I am sure
someone of your eruditeness
surely understands, Your
Excellency.
None is good, none is bad, but
posterity will judge us all,
judiciously. Listed are the harm
done to Education and Student
Unionism during your time:

1. The scrapping of S.U.G.s and
their replacement with
caretakers e.g. Gateway Poly
Saapade, Abraham Adesanya
Polytechnic Ijebu-Igbo, TASCE
Omu-Ijebu.

2. Sponsorship of factions in
NANS: Your regime empowered
political stooges with ALUTA
BUS who are not even qualified
to contest the election of NANS.
And in spite of all the facts and
figures we presented you with,
and notwithstanding the
intervention of NANS NATIONAL
who declared us as authentic,
your administration yet turns a
deaf ear to the words of
wisdom.

3. Under this administration of
yours we have lost three (3) of
our finest Comrades whose
blood you shall account for one
day, not too far away in the
future:
i. Olatunji Fashina Humble TJ
who was frustrated to death by
your callous pronouncement of
the end of TASUED on the 14th
of February, 2011.
ii. Arosomasodun Rasak, who
just last year, was killed by
policemen at TASCE during a
protest, based on your orders.
iii. Com. Yempes of A.A.P, who
barely a week ago, lost his life
in a fatal accident in relation to
the N150 000 bribe you gave to
some S.U.G. (poor) boys turned
drunkards, especially the driver
who is a rusticated student of
AAP.

4. Sending over 5,000 students
of OOU on academic extinction
due to your Repetition of
Session Policy.

5. Sending over 3,000 students
of MAPOLY on academic
migration (from full time to part
time) because of late payment
of tuition fees.

Continuation

6. Giving over 2 500 TASUEDites
automatic extra year due to
your No tuition, No exams
Policy.

7. Palpable victimisation and
oppression of student leaders
on various campuses in Ogun
State continues on your watch.

8. Astronomical increments in
tuition fees have not been
reversed, even as this Release
goes to press.

9. No single Infrastructural
facility has been added to any
institution in Ogun State. If this
is contestable, sir, mention
them! Not in O.O.U, TASUED,
MAPOLY, TASCE, GATEWAY
SAAPADE, A.A.P Ijebu-Igbo, or
others.

10. Payment of N10,000
compulsory tax by all new
intake on our campuses is
repugnant.
OUR STAND
Mr Governor, Sir,
Our stand is non-negotiable.
Every man has a price but not
all men are for sale; our right is
our right and will always be our
right- Reduce O.O.U. tuition fees
reasonably and call for the
immediate implementation
thereof!.
No retreat, No Surrender. The
end is always the beginning.
And we shall overcome, this
time too.

Yours in the Struggle,
Falola Ahmed O.
NANS CHAIRMAN, OGUN STATE.
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