UNIBEN dissolves SUG, Suspends Union Leaders
The authorities of University of Benin, on Wednesday, announced the suspension of members of the three arms of Students’ Union Government in the institution.
The institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dr Benedicta Ehanire, in a statement issued in Benin, said that a caretaker committee would be put in place to manage the affairs of the union.
Ehanire said that the institution’s Senate took the decision to forestall breakdown of law and order, following the planned protest by the students’ union body against the shift in the school’s academic calendar.
“The union had persistently engaged in subversive activities, including incitement of other students to disobey lawful instructions by the school authorities.
“This is in spite of concerted efforts by management, led by the...