Following the disqualification of Nice Linus from UI’SRC, the Concerned Students Against Tuition Fee Increment (CSATF) has on Thursday, 6th March, called for the removal of UI Deputy Registrar (Students) and Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Tijani Musa, citing “gross misconduct as management staff chairing a Students’ Union Election”.
They made this known via a Broadcast message on WhatsApp.This comes after he arbitrarily barred Miss.
Nice Linus of the Obafemi Awolowo Hall Constituency from taking office as majority leader in the 12th Assembly of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC).
He cited the pending investigation of the Students Disciplinary Committee into the events of Monday, May 13, 2024, where she alongside Aduwo Ayodele, a 300 level student and Olamide Gbadegesin a 700 level student raised placards at the inauguration ceremony of the Aweda Bolaji-led Students’ Union administration, protesting the arbitrary hike in fee prices.
The CSATF in strong terms condemned this act, stating, “The UI Management’s interference in the Students’ Union Affairs is a direct affront on Student democracy and an affront on the principles of free expression and representation”.
They stated that the University management had meted unfair treatment on the three students who merely exercised “their fundamental right to protest against the exploitative fee increment”.
They therefore, demanded that Miss Linus be reinstated as a member and Majority Leader of the 12th Assembly of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC).
They further demanded the immediate removal of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Mr. Musa Tijani “for his gross incompetence and unlawful conduct”.They also called upon the University Administration to publicly express commitment to the student rights.
And pushed for the autonomy of the University of Ibadan Students’ Union.
Finally, they reasserted their stance that the “inconvenient, outrageous and unaffordable fee increment” be reversed at all levels.
The University Administration had yet to make a statement as at the time of this article.
