At Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria , lack of accommodation is a major cause for concern as thousands of students are forced to resort to illegal squatting.
The university's has a very poor hostels that cannot accommodate up to 40 percent of the students population.
A check at the male hotels like the BAKASSI majorly recognized as the survival of the fittest, a room customarily implied for six understudies now obliges 13 understudies.
Since the updating of the school site in 2012, securing accommodation for students became difficult, with most students over-clicking for a bed space. For instance, six or more students could click for a room meant for only three students.
This situation makes it difficult for hall administrators who are usually left with no choice than to convert the initial room of three into a room of four and also transfer some of the students to less occupied rooms.
The accommodation crisis also affected some final year students, particularly those who went for their (IT) Industrial Attachment Training during the registration period.
Regrettably, but expectedly, some students lucky to secure the bed space end up selling it to those who did not and can afford to pay handsomely to acquire a bed space. Can this phenomenon be described as campus corruption? “Definitelyâ€, a student answered.
Although, the management considers squatting and selling of bed space as offences, most guilty students are left with no choice.
They just have to break the rules for the sake of shelter,†another student enthused, adding: “I can say that the same situation obtains at every other university in Nigeria.
The university's has a very poor hostels that cannot accommodate up to 40 percent of the students population.
A check at the male hotels like the BAKASSI majorly recognized as the survival of the fittest, a room customarily implied for six understudies now obliges 13 understudies.
Since the updating of the school site in 2012, securing accommodation for students became difficult, with most students over-clicking for a bed space. For instance, six or more students could click for a room meant for only three students.
This situation makes it difficult for hall administrators who are usually left with no choice than to convert the initial room of three into a room of four and also transfer some of the students to less occupied rooms.
The accommodation crisis also affected some final year students, particularly those who went for their (IT) Industrial Attachment Training during the registration period.
Regrettably, but expectedly, some students lucky to secure the bed space end up selling it to those who did not and can afford to pay handsomely to acquire a bed space. Can this phenomenon be described as campus corruption? “Definitelyâ€, a student answered.
Although, the management considers squatting and selling of bed space as offences, most guilty students are left with no choice.
They just have to break the rules for the sake of shelter,†another student enthused, adding: “I can say that the same situation obtains at every other university in Nigeria.
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