NAPS Sets to Harmonise Ogitech Crisis

BEING THE PRESS TEXT DELIVERED BY THE
LEADERSHIP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS NAPS. ON THE OCCASION
OF PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSING THE CRISIS
ROCKING OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
IGBESA HELD AT NUJ HOUSE IWEROYIN ABEOKUTA.
Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome
depends on whether that action or deed arises from a
disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt
that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an
undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is
said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is
the essence of the saints teaching.
It’s pathetic and very unfortunate that politicians have
penetrated into the porosity of student politics,
unionism and activism that much, that every genuine
struggle of the students are seen as a golden
opportunity to strike opponents a shot.
Virtually no angle records joy over disagreement of
students and institutions authority degenerating into
vandalism, malicious mischief, brutality, viciousness and
campus closure.
THE HIJACK OF OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY IGBESA STUDENTS STRUGGLE
Its quite unfortunate that rather than finding
progressive prescription for the quandary of the
unwillingness of the school management to conduct
Student Union Election, the students loose guided to
unscrupulous elements that birthed unprincipled actions
of destroying and vandalising the school property.
The repairable and irreparable damages brought down
on the school by protest hijackers remains a capital
loss of battle stands and property to the students,
we remain the recipient that absorbs more of the
consequences of the struggle, as well the highest
price payer in the sector.
In spite of our grievances and bitterness constructive
agitation should be adopted when issues erupts to
abolish the arrogations of our struggles by portraying
us as the custodians of exuberance and scapegoat of
indiscipline.
THE AUTHORITIES OF OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY IGBESA A REAGENT
We tends to lose the moral ground to fault the
school management over the ugly incident, still
experience shows that fire burns! A goat does not
bite except when pushed to the wall. Let us all
accept that the angry students reacted in opposition
to the action of the school management.
How we wish we have maintained and still could
promise you a crisis-free session. But this will be
tantamount to predicting the unpredictable human
nature of man. We argue that students and their
institution authorities have more in common to
prosecute if only they appreciate and if only both of
us can lift our “mortal siege”.
NAPS POSITION
The leadership of National Association of Polytechnic
Students condemns without any reservation, the
unpatriotic act of conjoining hooliganism and
gangsterism with unionism.
Student unionism is different from politics, the
combination of both is nothing but indiscipline and
injustice. We use this medium to sound a strong
waning to all politician who see joy in using students
as destructive machinations and prefers scoring political
point through students struggles. We have identified
and gladly they identify themselves, we promise to
confront and pay in their coin whenever such comes
into play again.
We advice the indigenes of Igbesa to desist partaking
in actions capable of destroying the only state
institution situated in yewa region of Ogun state,
remember soldiers goes soldiers come barracks remain
intact.
He who fight and run live to fight another day, we
reach out to our fellow students to give up on
battle, give way for negotiations and be willing to
embrace peace, victory can alway be ascertain on
round table provided we are ready to shift ground
for each other.
We appeal the school authority realizes we are
students and that reason they are our managers, we
plead the room for resolution is open so we can
come back to exist as a family. It became imperative
we seek the release of all arrested students and
implore the authority to forgo any plan to expel,
suspend or rusticate any student, we can harmonize
our charges to solve our existing communication gaps.
The leadership of NAPS has set up a conflict
resolution committee saddle with the responsibility of
meeting students stakeholders, management of the
school and facilitating a resolutions meeting to
harmonize both parties.
Signed
Comr Olugbode Damola .H
NAPS National PRO