Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has directed the Rector of the Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic (IMAP), Lafia, Dr. Justina Anjide Kotso, to wield the big stick on any one found to be involved in the recent students’ unrest, which led to the destruction of property at the institution.
Governor Sule handed down the directive shortly after inspecting the level of destruction at the polytechnic, on Friday.
A visibly angry Governor, warned that his administration will not condone any act capable of taking the state backward, considering all the efforts by government to turn around the education sector.
The Governor told the rector that she must fish out all those involved in the protest, and sanction them irrespective of their social status.
Recall that students of the state-owned polytechnic undertook a violent protest on Thursday, leading to the vandalization of the ICT centre, all the bore holes in the school, academic office, as well as the central administrative block, among others.
According to the Governor, his administration will not take the situation lightly, since education remains a cardinal objective of the government, especially technical education, which has the potential to impact skills on youths in the state towards self-reliance.
“It’s unfortunate that we are having this problem at a time we are supporting education. It has taken us some steps backward. But we are determined not to allow any body to take us back. We will continue to do our best,” he stated.
While describing the actions of the students as unnecessary and uncalled for, Engineer Sule called on the Students’ Union Government at the institution, to assist the school authority, by fishing out those suspected to have masterminded the protest.
“We are all students at one point or the other, if we had destroyed all the institutions, which institutions will some of you attend”.
