Nigeria: Protest - University of Abuja Students Want Own Union

26 November 2012

Students of the University of Abuja who pro-tested for two days last week before the university was temporarily shut down are now demanding permission from management to constitute a Students' Union Government (SUG).

The students, in a statement Saturday, said the management of the university has denied them a union to "silence their rights" and threatened that unless the "Vice-chancellor Professor James Adelabu allows one to be constituted, examinations scheduled for December 3rd would not hold."

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