FUNAAB MANAGEMENTS PRESS RELEASE

FUNAAB Management Backs Senate Decision: Management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has expressed satisfaction with the decision of the University Senate at fixing the resumption date
for students, to continue their academic activities in the University, from October 3, 2016. As part of the decisions taken by Senate, every student of the University, including postgraduate students, those on Industrial Training (IT) and the Farm Practical Year (FPY), are expected to pay a reparation fee of Five Thousand Naira (N5,000) only.
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The decision became necessary to enable the University fulfill its financial obligations that arose from the actions of its students during the recent unrest, in which private and public property worth of millions of naira were destroyed.To ensure that due process was followed in the entire exercise, members of the general public were properly notified and given adequate time to submit their claims, as the 'Call for Memoranda' was widely communicated through the electronic and print media.Specifically, it was publicised on the state and federal radio stations, national newspapers and social media platforms. Also, the investigative committee that was set up on the students’ unrest had thirteen sittings, interacted with about eighty stakeholders during the period, between 9am and 8pm, daily. A dedicated e-mail for submission of memoranda was also opened, while a specific phone line and handbills were used for effective correspondence.Since it is practically impossible to determine the real students that either participated or did not take part in the action, that warranted the payment of damages, the reparation fee is to serve as a deterrent against any future occurrence, while the rest of the funds would be used to enhance security facilities for the entire University community, over a period of time.
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To ensure transparency and accountability,the University Management would not be involved in the disbursement of the funds, as a special committee had been constituted, that would ensure that the reparation fee is judiciously utilised, while the amount to be paid to each claimant would depend on the degree of loss suffered. Already, the students have been given adequate time to pay up the reparation fee and are very eager to resume, as the President of the Students’ Union, Comrade Olusegun Nwenoye, in his recent release, disclosed that the FUNAAB Students' Union had no “objection to the reparation fee”. Students are, therefore, enjoined to comply with the conditions for resumption within the time-frame, which is adequate for necessary preparation.
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Meanwhile, the Church Governing Council of Divine Heights Bible Church, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has disclosed that it had decided to forgive the erring students of the University that attacked the church, by not accepting any money for the damages caused, but rather, owners of personal vehicles burnt within the church premises, should be settled.
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