By OLALEKAN BADMOS
Academic and social activities were paralysed at the Edo
State School of Nursing on Thursday as students of the institution barred
teachers, other staff and visitors to the school from entering the premises.
The students, who were protesting the appointment of a
new principal for the school from among the tutors of the School of Midwifery, carried placards to
convey their grievances, vowing to continue the action until their demands are
met.
The handing over ceremony between the retiring Principal and the incoming, scheduled for Thursday was
disrupted by the students’ protest.
According to the institution’s Students’ Union president,
Anyanbu Johnson, the students are rejecting the new principal because she does
not have what it takes to hold the office.
“Our grievance is that Mrs. Osazuwa (the new principal) does
not have the criteria to be our principal. Nursing and Midwery Council
stipulates that the principal of nursing school must be a nursing tutor and not
a midwife tutor.
"We are saying no to the appointment of a midwife. She
has been the principal of School of Midwifery and the school has not been
accredited for the past three years. There are only two students in the school
of midwifery. Our school was also not accredited. We want to speak with the
government on this matter. We have qualified lecturers in our school that the
government should appoint and not from Midwifery that is a specialty under
Nursing," he said.
The state Commissioner for Health, Aihanuwa Heregie, could
not be reached for comments.
However, a source in the ministry confided in WITNESS
NIGERIA that the government only appointed Mrs. Osazuwa in acting capacity,
pending the appointment of a substantive principal for the school.
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