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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West Zone D, has called on Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose to meet to the demands of the striking workers of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, to enable them return to work. In a statement, in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, the students threatened a complete shut down of the state capital, should there be no action towards the reopening of the institution within 72 hours, adding that it would “cause the students in Ekiti State to embark on mass action.” NANS Zone D Co-ordinator, Lukman Adekitan and Treasurer, Ayodeji Amoran, said that the current disruption in the academic calendar of the institution “will automatically become impossible for them to participate in the NYSC mobilisation process.” The students also demanded reduction in school fees in the state-owned tertiary institutions namely EKSU, College of Education, Ikere Ekiti and College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti and called for outright stoppage of “ac...

Our attention has been drawn to a story published in  The Nation  of 11-8- 2017. The report quoted a group called the Ekiti Student Union and some Youth Coalition (ESYC), as saying the management of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti harbours an anti-Ekiti agenda and that it is replacing Ekiti professionals with those from other states, specifically Ogun. Let me state that this is factually incorrect and smacks of an attempt to bring crisis to our institution. To put the records straight, while the Vice-Chancellor is from Ogun State; the Librarian, Dr. Gboyega Adio is from Oyo State. The Ag. Bursar and her husband are from Oyo/ Osun State and the Director of Administration, Mr. O. Odusanya is from Lagos State and not Ogun State as alleged. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor is from Ogun State, but is married to an Ekiti woman. Meanwhile, it should be noted that the Deputy Vice Chancellor was overwhelmingly voted for by a Senate whose membership is largely drawn from Ekiti. It ...