UI lifts ban on students’ unionism, two years after – TheNigerialawyer

The senate of the University of Ibadan has lifted the ban placed
on students union activities two years after it was imposed.

The decision to lift the ban was reached at the Senate meeting
of August 30 during which the Dean of Students, Prof. I. A. Abiona,
made a passionate appeal to lift the ban to allow for the conduct
of elections of the student body during the 2018/2019 session.

The senate of the institution had on May 30, 2017, suspended
students’ union activities until further notice following a protest
over the delay in the issuance of digitised identity cards.

In the proposal to lift the suspension, Abiona stated that 140
persons were tried in connection with the protest by the students’
disciplinary committee with some receiving sanctions while others
were acquitted.

According to him, the Student Affairs Division will ensure that
a purposeful leadership of students emerges by raising the bar of
eligibility, organisation of pre-election workshop and
post-election leadership retreat for winners.

Abiona noted that most of the former union leaders fingered in
the protest had shown enough remorse and had indicated the desire
to uphold the rules, regulations and cooperate with the University
administration.

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