Students of College of Health Sciences and Technology in Jega, Kebbi State, set the residence of the Provost, Alhaji Haruna Saidu-Sauwa, on fire and vandalised his vehicle.
The act of hoodlums followed allegations of extortion the students levelled at the school management.
According to Punchng, it was a violent protest, which was caused by report that the school management allegedly extorted N23m from the students under the guise of index registration for 250 graduating students.
The publication ascribing the account it gave to unnamed sources, said the purported extortion was based on a supposed newly introduced Public Health programme, which was initially affiliated with the Reproductive Health and the Public Health Association of Nigeria.
It added that the college merged the programme with the Department of Environmental Health to secure certification, leading to a demand for an additional N65,000 from each student for index registration, in addition to the N30,000 already paid.
The report also contains the denial of the Provost who reportedly said, “Let me state here in categorical terms that I and the school management have no hand in the said allegations of course duplications and extortion.
“Our school operates the Single Treasury Account where all monies belonging to the school are paid to and no one has access to the account including me.”
