Abia State Governor Alex Otti on Wednesday charged the administration of Michael Okpara College of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) to be open-minded of their investigation to establish the actual explanation for the current protest by college students of the establishment, which led to the closure of the varsity.
He stated it was vital that the panel arrange by the college to analyze the coed riot will get to the basis of the issue with a purpose to forestall future unrest.
Otti gave the cost whereas receiving a delegation of the administration of the college, led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Maduebibisi Iwe, on Tuesday.
This was disclosed in a press release issued on Wednesday in Umuahia by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Kazie Uko.
Otti famous that the tutorial distortion, a direct consequence of the varsity closure, was not wholesome for the way forward for the youthful era, and provided to liaise with the administration of the establishment and different stakeholders to allow the resumption of full tutorial actions within the college.
“It is crucial that you simply get to the basis of the matter. If the investigation panel doesn’t do an intensive job it’s possible you’ll not get to the basis, and one of many methods to resolve an issue is to not prejudge it. That (prejudging) will shut your thoughts to each different suggestion.
“Let’s discover out what precisely is the rationale for the protest, I feel it turned out violent. Let’s do an intensive investigation to know the basis trigger and take care of it from the basis,” he suggested.
The governor, who additionally spoke on the Agric Enterprise Incubation Centre which the college administration stated would quickly be established within the college, directed the Commissioner for Agriculture, Professor Monica Ironkwe, and the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Mr Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu, to have interaction the establishment on the way in which ahead.
On the court docket case instituted towards the college by the Abia State Inside Income Service two years in the past on account of unremitted PAYE, Otti assured that the matter can be settled amicably.
