Rivers College Of Health Students Stage Protest Over Water, Electricity, Others

Students of the Rivers State College of Health Sciences and Technology on Tuesday morning staged a protest along Ikwerre Road.

The students are protesting over alleged neglect by the Rivers State Government.

The students are lamenting lack of water and electricity supply to the school while many of the courses offered in the institution have not been accredited.

The protesting students, about 200 of them , carried placards with different inscriptions.

They alleged refusal of the state government to come to their aid and address their challenges.

Some of the inscriptions on the placards read: “We need Light,” “We don’t have water, light, how do we pass?”, and “Come and accredit our courses” among others.

President of the Students Union Government of the institution who spoke with THE WHISTLER , Comrade ThankGod Nleye, said the students’ action was long overdue as the union had exhausted all means to get the state government to intervene in the many challenges confronting the school.

“We have been appealing to the state government to come to our aid previously. We have used the media, written letters, embarked on visits. These are issues we have been clamouring for. There is no water, no light in the school. We have also been clamouring that government should help so our courses are accredited.

“We have appealed that the governor come to rescue the school financially. Students here are seeing him do it in other schools, why is our own different?”