Students of Federal School of
Occupational Therapy, Oshodi, Lagos on Monday protested the death of
their colleague, Dayo Adekeye.
It was gathered that Adekeye died last
Wednesday in Lagos after falling sick at Federal Psychiatric Hospital,
Abeokuta, where he was posted for training.
The training is part of requirement for his studies.
Our correspondent learnt that plans to organise the protest started
when the school management restricted students from holding a procession
in honour of the deceased.
The students accused their school
management of not being considerate by posting Adekeye to a distant
location despite being a sickle cell patient.
They lamented that the school management also refused to postpone the examination that was supposed to hold on Monday.
“They are expecting us to write exams
of 16 different courses within two weeks when we are not computers.
They treat us as slaves and we are paying N100,000,” one of the
protesters who identified himself as Ajaja said.
In a pamphlet distributed by the
students during the protest on Monday, they demanded for adjustment in
the school’s posting system.
The suggested that the school bus
should be used to convey students to their various posting locations
since the ones in Lagos have the same route.
For those going to Abeokuta, they recommended that the bus should convey them down once with their luggage.
The pamphlet read in part, “We are
agitating against the loads of stress that our clinical students face
during posting; and which primarily is one of the causes of Dayo
Adekeye’s death. May his soul rest in perfect peace; zero welfare,
disregard and ill-treatment meted out to our clinical students at their
different posting sites.”
They also demanded for the “provision
of internet facility which will promote learning, awareness and
development of students; total reformation of our hostels to avoid
further congestion as there will be more influx of students come
subsequent years.”
Among other demands of the protesting
students were provision of standard health facility, functional website,
and proper lighting system that would illuminate the school premises
and make it secure for students to move within the school’s environs.
When contacted, the principal of the school, Mr. Akin Adeoso, said he could comment because he was driving. However, a lecturer in the school, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said some of the agitation of the students have been granted.
“We have postponed the examination already and gave them opportunity to mourn their colleague,” he added. Students of Federal School of
Occupational Therapy, Oshodi, Lagos on Monday protested the death of
their colleague, Dayo Adekeye.
It was gathered that Adekeye died last
Wednesday in Lagos after falling sick at Federal Psychiatric Hospital,
Abeokuta, where he was posted for training. The training is part of requirement for his studies.
Our correspondent learnt that plans to organise the protest started
when the school management restricted students from holding a procession
in honour of the deceased.
The students accused their school
management of not being considerate by posting Adekeye to a distant
location despite being a sickle cell patient. They lamented that the school management also refused to postpone the examination that was supposed to hold on Monday.
“They are expecting us to write exams
of 16 different courses within two weeks when we are not computers.
They treat us as slaves and we are paying N100,000,” one of the
protesters who identified himself as Ajaja said.
In a pamphlet distributed by the students during the protest on Monday, they demanded for adjustment in the school’s posting system.
The suggested that the school bus
should be used to convey students to their various posting locations
since the ones in Lagos have the same route.
For those going to Abeokuta, they recommended that the bus should convey them down once with their luggage.
The pamphlet read in part, “We are
agitating against the loads of stress that our clinical students face
during posting; and which primarily is one of the causes of Dayo
Adekeye’s death. May his soul rest in perfect peace; zero welfare,
disregard and ill-treatment meted out to our clinical students at their
different posting sites.”
They also demanded for the “provision
of internet facility which will promote learning, awareness and
development of students; total reformation of our hostels to avoid
further congestion as there will be more influx of students come
subsequent years.”
Among other demands of the protesting
students were provision of standard health facility, functional website,
and proper lighting system that would illuminate the school premises
and make it secure for students to move within the school’s environs.
When contacted, the principal of the school, Mr. Akin Adeoso, said he could comment because he was driving.
However, a lecturer in the school, who
spoke on the condition of anonymity, said some of the agitation of the
students have been granted.
“We have postponed the examination already and gave them opportunity to mourn their colleague,” he added.
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