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FUNAAB Senate to consider
report of committee on
students’ protest
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
The Senate of the Federal University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta (FUNAAB), will soon sit to consider the
report of the committee set up to unravel
the immediate and remote causes of the recent
students’ protest at the institution, with a view to
preventing a reoccurrence.
The school’s management set up the committee at the
Special Senate meeting of the school, which held on
Monday, August 22, 2016, to assist staff and students
provide additional security and to further support
the initiatives of the federal and state governments
towards the protection of lives and property.
During the Senate meeting, the earlier declared mid-
semester break was extended pending the submission
of report by the committee.
Vice chancellor of the school, Prof. Olusola Oyewole,
while monitoring the 2016/2017 pre-admission
screening exercise, said the committee had just
submitted its report, adding that the Senate would
soon sit to consider the report and take a decision on
the new resumption date.
The Senior Information and Monitoring Officer of the
National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr.
Mohammed Tanko, who was on ground during the
screening exercise, lauded the school for a well-
executed pre-admission screening exercise, saying the
logistics and welfare were well managed just as
approved laid down procedures were adhered to.
Tanko, who said he was to ensure that the school
does not breach the directive of the Federal
Government concerning the screening exercise, “So
far so good, the process has been smooth. I observed
that the security arrangements were properly made.
The traffic and strategy that were deployed by both
the internal and external security personnel, the
Department of State Services (DSS) officers, which I
saw on ground and men of other sister-agencies, who
participated in the screening, were very much
commendable. The strategy of the decentralised
screening centre was commendable, as students were
well taken care of while transportation logistic was
also commendable.”
“One thing that was encouraging was the inclusion of
security agents among members of the screening
panel, especially, those from the National Drug and
Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the DSS … I
am very proud of the process and the formation of
the panel because we have to ensure that candidates,
who are qualified, are admitted while those who do
not merit admission do not come and take the place
of those who we really need to be productive agents
in the future,” he added.
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