Tension in Bayelsa University Over Sudden Recall Of 3,000 Final-Year Students From Christmas Break

In response to a report by SaharaReporters, there's palpable stress within the state-owned college, the Niger Delta College, Ammassoma over the directive by its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo that 3,000 final-year college students ought to cancel their New 12 months's Day celebration and return to high school for his or her undertaking defence.

Edoumiekumo had in a round directed all final-year college students and lecturers to return to the college campus and begin their undertaking defence on Wednesday, December 29, 2021.

It was gathered that a lot of the affected final-year college students had been discovering it tough to conform as a result of distance of their homes from the college and lack of monetary sources to return to campus throughout this vacation season as many final-year college students reside outdoors the state.

Already, stakeholders made up of conventional rulers, mother and father and sponsors of scholars on the Niger Delta College (NDU) have despatched a Save-Our Soul message to the state governor, Senator Douye Diri to intervene and prevail on the Vice-Chancellor to rescind his directive.

The S.O.S letter learn, "We name on the state governor to prevail on Professor Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo to rescind his order and for widespread sense to prevail over his spontaneous directive that every one final-year college students and lecturers should return to the college to begin their undertaking defence on Wednesday, twenty ninth December 2021.

"We, as peace-loving stakeholders within the establishment, are calling on the Governor to make use of his good workplace and the Spirit of Christmas which is well known all over the world to prevail on Prof. Gowon to instantly withdraw his spontaneous directive and permit the scholars and lecturers to spend the vacation seasons with their households till early January 2022 when universities throughout the nation will resume.

"The Christmas Spirit and season is a time of affection, giving, household unification, and way more which has been celebrated for hundreds of years. Individuals all over the world journey to unite and spend time with their members of the family through the Christmas Vacation Season. Due to this fact, to spontaneously demand that college students and lecturers return to high school within the midst of the vacation season to begin their research is unconscionable and unchristian-like.

"Throughout the nation and globally, colleges are closed for the Christmas Season and are anticipated to renew in early January 2022. It's no secret that Nigerian roads are unsafe through the Christmas season. Many households don't even have the monetary sources to move their kids again to high school inside this vacation season as they've made such plans for January 2022. We're calling on the Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri to urgently come to our assist."

Makes an attempt to succeed in the general public relations officer of the college, Ingezi Idoni, didn't reply calls to his cellular line or reply to messages despatched to his WhatsApp quantity.

However a senior lecturer of the college who spoke on situation of anonymity argued that the Vice Chancellor's intention was good and so as.

"What we are trying to do is to ensure that the institution meets up with its calendar year and to ensure that the final-year students meet up with the service year," the lecturer stated.