AAU: Management explains reasons for SUG dissolution.

AAU: Management explains reasons for SUG dissolution.

The Administration of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma has clarified why the Student Union Government, SUG, of the University was disbanded following the demonstration that accompanied an alleged rise in tuition fees on September 1 2023. 

According to Management of the university, in a remark issued by the Head of Corporate Communications and Protocol, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, 

“The dissolution of the SUG and the subsequent appointment of a Caretaker Committee was occasioned by the narratives surrounding the alleged increment in school fees that led to the protest and the blocking of the school gates for days. 

“It is pertinent for us, as an institution, to straighten the narratives,1 especially as the news media and several online platforms have been awash with the news of the dissolution of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Student Union and the setting up of a Caretaker Committee.  

“Several imaginary reasons have been adduced by different sections of the society, the most common being that the AAU Management dissolved the Student Union because the students embarked on a legitimate protest over hike in school fees.”  

Unfortunately, “Those spreading this false narrative do not seem to realize that their actions only beg the facts. More unfortunate is what ordinarily was an internal University issue which has now been so externalized to the extent that facts have been turned upside down.  

“It is imperative for the University Management to make public some facts as they relate to the protest by persons who claim they are students of AAU and to let the world know that the erstwhile Student Union leaders currently protesting against alleged hike in fees, were part of the team that negotiated the same fees they are now protesting against, including the add-ons,” Aladenika said.