Education

LAUTECH Students Protest Relocation of Department

By Amos Ogunrinde 

Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State have vowed to continue to protest against the relocation of the Department of Anatomy and Physiology to the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences until the management rescinds its decision.

The aggrieved students who trooped out in large numbers blocked the main entrance of the institution to press home their demands.

The students who sang solidarity songs carried placards to express their grievances over the decision of the university management expressed displeasure at the decision of the management to relocate the department to the faculty without justifying their decision.

According to an internal memo made available to newsmen, the Senate, at its meeting held last January, considered and approved that the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, as required, be moved from the College of Health Sciences to the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences.

The memo issued by Mrs Olayinka Balogun, copied to the Vice-Chancellor, also stated that the management approved that the non-medical staff members should be deployed to the new faculty for ease of career progression.

Edited by Olaolu Fawole