UNIJOS students protest devt levy, boycott exams.

Students of the University of Jos
on Monday boycotted their second
semester examinations and
embarked on protest against the
imposition of N10,000
development levy by the school
authorities.
The students, had, as early as
8am, barricaded all the roads
leading in and out of the campus,
wearing black attires and chanting
war songs.
The police had a hectic time trying
to control the students as the
protest caused a gridlock along
the popular Bauchi road.
President of the Students Union
Government, Mr. Abel Nok, said he
tried to pacify the students and
begged them to write their
examination, but that they refused.
He said, “I met with the school
authorities and we resolved to ask
the student s to sit their
examinations pending the
resolution of the dispute, but they
were adamant.”
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Hayward
Mafuyai, who spoke on the issue,
wondered why the students should
protest as the levy had been there
for a long time
He said, “The development and
acceptance levy have been there
for a long time and have been fully
embraced by all the stakeholders
and I wonder why the protest at
this time.”
He however said he was meeting
with representatives of the SUG to
resolve the issues.