Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Monday, gave the school authorities a seven-day ultimatum to replace all mattresses in their hostels, to avoid crisis.
DAILY POST reports that following the protest by students on Monday over invasion of bedbugs and mosquitoes in their residential halls, the President of the Student Union Government (SUG),UNILAG, has called on the management to come to address the matter urgently.
The President, Abayomi Martin said: “The authorities must not always wait for a crisis or protest to erupt before they react.
“We want this management to be proactive in responding to the demands of the students because this issue has been brought before the authorities before now and nothing was done.
Martin further said that there is a limit to which students can bear.
“I feel what they were protesting against is not out of place, because we (the students) paid for it. Actually, the whole place was fumigated recently, but it seems the bugs have developed resistance to the chemical,” the president noted. “Also, as far as I can remember, the halls in this school were fumigated in 2012, when we were to host the National Sports Festival,” he added.
“So, what we are asking for now is for the authorities to look for a lasting solution to this challenge.
“We want them to burn all the old mattresses, fumigate the hostels, do away with all the fittings, and then bring in new mattresses.
“We hereby give them a seven-day ultimatum, beginning from today, to replace all the old mattresses,” Martin stressed.
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