Niger Delta University, NDU, Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, has been shut down indefinitely following students unrest.
According to the shutdown notice which was made available to newsmen:, “The Vice-Chancellor Of The Niger Delta University Prof. Samuel Edoumiekumo has on behalf of the Senate ordered the closure of the University due to unruly behaviour from students. The University is hereby closed indefinitely and all students are to vacate the campus before 3 pm today.”
Some students of the University had on Monday and Tuesday staged a protest within the University campus to kick against the decision of the management of the school to introduce a dress code for students
It was gatherede that the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Samuel Edoumiekumo, addressed students about the decision of the management to introduce uniforms for the various faculties and developments of the institution and the closure of the school fees portal as Faculties and Departments are to pay between N30,000 and N20,000 for the uniforms, development the students lament is a further burden on their parents.
The Chairman House Committee on Education, in Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Salo Adikumo, has dismissed the rumours making the rounds of alleged plans by the institution to impose uniforms on the students.
