GBY slams protest over FUT Minna Bosso campus ownership dispute

The Gbegnu Boknu Yako Association, GBY, has criticised a protestation against the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, implicit the ownership quality surrounding its Bosso Campus, describing the enactment arsenic misguided and politically driven.

The protest, led by the convener of the Concerned Nigerlites Forum, questioned the ownership of the field betwixt the Federal Government and the Niger State Government, and called for actions including the removal of the university’s vice chancellor.

Reacting successful a connection issued successful Minna, the President of GBY successful Niger State, Bako Wakili Bosso, said the objection was based connected misinformation and failed to bespeak the genuine interests of the people.

According to him, FUT Minna is simply a national instauration established by law, and immoderate concerns regarding onshore ownership should beryllium handled done due ineligible and administrative processes alternatively than nationalist agitation.

He described the request for the sacking of the vice chancellor arsenic unfounded and politically motivated, informing that specified calls could destabilise the institution.

Wakili Bosso besides raised concerns astir the credibility of the protest’s convener, alleging a signifier of “commercial activism,” which helium said undermines genuine civic engagement.

He said the relation rejects the protestation successful its entirety and urged members ...