Friday 17 February 2017

FUTO PROTEST 2017

February 17, 2017 0 Comment

On this fateful day, Friday 17th, 2017. The Students of the Federal University Of Technology decide to unvail the atrocities of the School's Management via Peaceful Protest which led to RIOT.

FUTO Students are angry and annoyed because of the following..........

A FUTO WITHOUT SUG
#Hardship,#Frustrations,Unimaginable Crimes is the other of the day.

Which Way Forward??
The functions of a Student's Union Government which happens to be they Students VOICE in any higher institution across the globe is to amongst other things_(a)Ensure/Advocate for a more conducive /Better Learning environment for all students at any point (b)Bridge the communication Gap between the School Management and students (which is the Main Stay of the Management_Without Students,No Management), (c)Agitate for the Welfarism of Nigerian Students. How far has the APEX students Body acted in the face of outrageous 100% hike in fees in Futo and Futo Alone???Do they students really have representatives? My checks shows NO SUG IN FUTO(Students are Voiceless, Sad, Vulnerable and easily accept all forms of increment without proper reasons from their authorities)Below is the uncomparable fees paid in Futo BEFORE and NOW.

BEFORE. NOW
Gst 101_500. 500 with txtbks

Mths 101_Free. #1500

Eng 103_Free. #3000

Eng 101_500. #3200

Chem101_1000. #2500

Phy101_1500. #4000

Bio101_1500. #4000

ENX_ 1000. #3800

CSC201 _1000. #3000

Mths203_Free. #1500

Phy207_Free. #1600

Note: For 1st semester alone, to be re registered by 2nd semester.

Medicals_1000. #3000

Deptal dues_>2000. #2500_5000

Transport fee_100. #130

Hostel fee_>10,000. #12,500

Acceptance fee>25,000. #42,500

Sch fees (Yr 1)>27,000. #55,300

Geology dept (30,000). #64,100

200L to 500L_30,000. #39,000

For our information fellow students, FUTA, FUTMIN and FUTYOLA are Fed.Universities of Technology like Futo with as low as #13,000 Acceptance Fee and as low as #20,000 sch fees for all the levels with good motorable roads,uninterrupted powersupply,free WI_FI,Good lecturer to student relationship and many more.UNIUYO is a State University and pays as low as #15,000 Acceptance fee with a more conducive learning environment.Futo is a Federal University for crying out loud!.Don't they assess funds from various interventionist organisations like TETFUND,PTDF, NNDC,, ETF and UNESCO. What do we do fellow students? Where are the members of the Legislature, Judiciary,MAN O'WAR,Military students, ICPC, Boys Brigade, Hall Government Excos,NFCS, ALCOL, NIFES and all other Religious bodies on campus,Off campus Administration (Lodge Presidents), Serving and Past Students Leaders at all levels, Ass.of Course Reps and indeed every matriculated Nigerian student in Futo.We MUST take our destinies into our hands now. It is our Thing NOT their Thing. We must engage the authorities into Constructive Dialogue this time since nobody has spoken for the betterment of Futoites since resumption (3months ago). When Peaceful Negotiations fails, Mass Protests becomes inevitable. It is our Right,,It is Legal,,, It is constitutional.

Less I forget, Futo with increasing population of over 50,000people(students both Regular,Weekend, Postgraduate and teeming staff ) with host communities of Obinze, Umuchima,Ihiagwa and Eziobodo has only commercial bank operating on campus.Our just graduated students are not left out as each person pays mandatory #5000(recently introduced ).,No self con is below #80,000.Prices of Goods and Services have sky rocked. Any average student barely feeds twice daily. How then can he/she listen/comprehend in class and pass exams, to become a world class Engineer or problem Solver in this computer age. We call on our Parents, NANS, NAISS, MEDIA, DSS,POLICE, VARIOUS YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, ORGANIZED LABOUR and other good spirited individuals to help us avert this looming Sufferings and help in building the Futo of our dreams in line with the missions and visions of our Founding Fathers. The time to act is now or never.