NSP PAYS SSA TO PRESIDENT ON YOUTH AND STUDENTS AFFAIRS A COURTESY VISIT

THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NIGERIAN STUDENTS PARLIAMENT PAYS COURTESY VISIT TO THE SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT ON YOUTHS AND STUDENTS AFFAIRS

... reaffirms its readiness to contribute her quota to nation building

The Speaker of the Nigerian Students Parliament (NSP); Rt.Hon. Mubarak Aliyu Rimi alongside principal office holders paid a courtesy/familiarization visit to office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youths and Students Affairs in Abuja within the week.

While giving a keynote address, the speaker of the parliament Rt. Hon. Mubarak Aliyu Rimi started by commending the SSA on youths and students for not giving up despite the numerous challenges he faced while climbing his leadership ladder. Mr. Speaker used the medium to thank His Excellency, President Mohammadu Buhari for reappointing Nasir Adhama Sa'idu as SSA youths and students and went further to congratulate him on his reappointment stressing that his performance in President Muhammadu Buhari's first term must have earned him a second chance in the same administration.

NSP leadership also used the medium to seek for collaboration with the office of the SSA on youths and students to the president to prioritize the welfare of Students and partner to ease the job of the office by giving periodic report of student situations across the country.

In acceptance, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youths and Students Affairs Nasir Adhama Sa'idu Congratulated the new leadership of the Nigerian Students Parliament and assured them of his maximum support and readiness to collaborate with the student legislative structure to foster Students welfare.

Nasir however tasked the parliamentarians to be good ambassadors of the country as well as represent true definition of patriotism, stressing that it is only through this means that Nigeria could be a better place for all of us and the generation yet unborn.

PETROLEUM INSTITUTE POSTPONED SEMESTER EXAMINATION.

Petroleum Institute postponed semester Examination for 2019/2020 academic session. Sunday Egon report

Through the students union Government legislative Arm, the Institute Management attention has been drawn to the ongoing Test  and Lectures in some Departments of the institute.

As the norm implies, a Lecture and Test free week is mandatory for Students to prepare adequately for the upcoming Examination.

With regard from the letter sent by the SUG Legislative arm signed by RT. Hon Ngene Daniel, Speaker of Students Representative council and Hon Okoi Omini the Clerk of SRC calling for an Appeal to Pity. The Letter which was address to the Institute Registrar saw a favourable response.

on this note, the first semester examination for 2019/2020 academic session has been postponed from the 9th of march 2020 to the 16th of march, 2020, therefore Monday 9th March to Friday 13th march will be a Lecture and Test free week.

From the  memo which was signed by the institute students Affairs officer, Mr Elvis Irefo and address to the Student Union Head, reads; "I am directed to inform you that management has graciously grant an anticipatory approval for all students in HND2, HND1, ND2 and ND1 to commence their first semester examination for 2019/2020 academic session from 16th march to Friday 13th April 2020.

However, management further stretched in the memo " please note that management would not entertain any further excuses from the students union government in the above request" perhaps this might be due to the disturbances it will cause to the institute academic calendar and the overall planning process by the institute management.

The Actualizers' Team TAT urge all students to make proper use of the lecture free week.

STUDENTS LAMENT OVER PHOTOCOPY PRICE HIKE.

PTI STUDENTS LAMENT OVER  PHOTOCOPY PRICE HIT.

Sunday Egon and Frederick Okonji reports

Shop owners at the business environment (popularly called computer village) of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun hike prices in photocopy and cyber work. This development has caused distress among students and other occupants in the campus. For years, the price of duplicating a page with as been #5 while for dual side in a single page was #6.Recently,it was changed from #5 to #7 for a singe page and #10 for dual pages.

        Surprisingly, for students as to begin 2019/2020 academic session with an increase in price. One thing which has been a joy to the students is the low cost of acquiring and accessing internet materials. Students had hope for reduction of price and not otherwise because it is a student environment.

            An HND2 student whose identity was withheld told CAMPUSLIFE that, one the reasons she chose Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun as institute for study is because price of commodities are subsidies to the level students can afford and operators would not run at lost she said.

One of the operators told CAMPUSLIFE that the reason for the sudden increase in price was has a result of low profit and on certain occasions; no profit. Quoting her words “it appears to us that we are exchanging money for money “. She further explains that, it was collective decision among shop owners and whosoever refuse to adhere to the new law will face punishment; which will be a closure of such store and many other penalties.

       When CAMPUSLIFE interviewed the welfare director of student union government Comr. Callistus on the issue on ground, he showed disapproval on the action of the vendors in the various business centers. He promised to meet with the student union government executives in reducing the prices by negotiating with the vendors. He further promised that the executives of the S.U.G will speak to the school management to consider ways in which both students and vendors can have a good business relation if negotiation with the vendors fails.

     
Increase in the price of goods and services should not be the resolved decision of business owners in civilized environment like ours.

Price hit should be as a result of inflation or scarcity of raw materials for the production of goods and rendering of service. No country has ever become rich from the action of price hit but instead, price hit reduces the consuming power of individuals which has a negative effect on the economy.
 On this note better solutions shells be tender in making more profit and not on price hike.