Tension as Ogun students lock out officials, protest poor clinic

Students of the Ogun State School of Health Technology, Ilese, on Thursday, protested against the poor state of the institution’s clinic, among other irregularities experienced on campus.

PUNCH Metro gathered that during the protest, the students’ paralysed academic activities and denied staff members, including the provost entrance into the premises of the institution.

In the video clips of the protest obtained by our correspondent, the students were seen in large numbers chanting solidarity songs to express their displeasure over the leadership of the school.

They also accused the school management of neglecting their welfare and academic needs, adding that studying in a health college, the institution lacked proper health care.

The Students Union of President of the institution, Ridwan Rafiu, said the protest was to express their grievances against the ill-treatment meted on the students at the school clinic, adding that a sick student, who was rushed to the facility was denied treatment over lack of drugs.

He said, “We need the school clinic to be functioning. We don’t want a situation where they will take one of our students to the clinic and they will be asking the students to go and get drugs like paracetamol, among others outside.

“Yesterday, they rushed one of our students to the clinic and they couldn’t attend to her because they don’t have anything they can use to treat her. Punch