Following the recent scuffle between the management of Madonna University and two students; Mssrs; Stanley Okoye and Lord Ga-Lim. the Alumni Association of the University has condemned the ugly incident while at the same time, appealing to the Management of the University to urgently intensify moves aimed at a quick resolution of the crisis.
THE PRESS RELEASE:
Madonna University Alumni Association uses this medium to first and foremost condemn in the strongest of terms the inhumane treatment meted on two undergraduates; Mr Stanley Okoye and Mr Lord Ga-Lim. Violence of this nature has no place in our society in general and Madonna University in particular.
We sympathize with the concerned students and their families and also commend them for the manner in which they have comported themselves so far.
We call on the management of Madonna University to act swiftly to ensure a peaceful resolution to this precarious situation. We also call on the University Management to open a board of inquiry to investigate this concern and other pre-existing concerns with regards to human rights of the students of the University. Dedicated channel (email and helpline) shall be set up to this effect and we welcome inputs from all current and past students of this great institution.
The Alumni has and will continue to project a positive image of our fellow graduates and we are committed to intensifying efforts to create a better environment for the undergraduates. This, we will continue to fight for as steps are being taken to re-energize and re-strengthen our Alumni desk to keep an eye out for any such cases and report such to the relevant authorities. We shall liaise with the Nigerian Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and other groups relating to non-academic and academic activities of the Institution to draft a new course.
While we are committed to ensuring better conditions for our undergraduates we use this opportunity to categorically state that this event should not be allowed to repeat itself in our institution. The high handedness and the excessive use of power by security officials in the school premises against students should be curtailed, and decency and decorum be applied in all dealings with students.
We wish Stanley Okoye and Lord Ga-lim speedy recovery and will continue to watch as events unfold. We are certain that the law will take its course and justice will be served.
Long Live Madonna University
Signed
Concerned Members of the Madonna University Alumni Association, MUAA.
