Bayelsa Varsity Students Protest Planned School Uniform

Students of the Bayelsa State owned Niger Delta University(NDU) have staged a peaceful demonstration against plans by the institution’s management to introduce uniforms. It was gathered that the students marched round the campus at Amassoma on Monday, chanting solidarity songs and demanding the stoppage of the plan. The NDU management was said to have come up with the plan to curb what it termed indecent dressing, especially among female students on campus. The placard carrying undergraduates, who continued the protest on Tuesday, also condemned the closure of fees’ portal for old students and the continued ban on the activities of the Students’ Union Government, which they said was a deliberate attempt to suppress student unionism. The Public Relations Officer,(PRO) NDU explained that “the closure of the fees portal is a policy of the school,” but maintained that it was still open for this session. The PRO denied the institution had fixed fees for uniforms, saying that discussions were still ongoing at departmental levels.