FIGHTING FOR YOUR FUTURE
As Open University students, your future is at
stake.
It is either you fight for your future, or allow it to
be destroyed. This is a choice everyone must
make.
We, Students from the National Open University of
Nigeria are about to embark on the first of its
kind national struggle to end, once and for all, the
unjustifiable discrimination of our distinguish
institution. This is a pursuit of justice and we are
determined to resist any intimidation from any
quarters. Our destiny is at stake, we won’t allow
anyone jeopardize it.
As a result of our coming together under the
platform of Congress of Noun Students, we are
about to make a national statement that indeed,
our institution cannot be discriminated. Congress
of Noun Student is a group of Open University
Students from every study centre across the
federation.
If you are yet to be committed to our struggle to
end discrimination of National Open University by
Law School, NYSC and other bodies, here is
another reason for you to re-think for your own
benefit.
Using myself as a case study:
I was admitted into the National Open University
of Nigeria, Abuja Study Centre in 2007.
Before I applied to NOUN to seek admission, I
made proper inquiry about Law School, NYSC and
others to be sure that everything Is fine.
During my inquiry, I mean in 2007, I was told by
NOUN management that NOUN would go to law
school, Noun would go for NYSC etc.
But today, 2015, after 8years. I mean, after I have
graduated from this same institution without
going for any Nysc, and now, almost completing
my Masters degree, NOUN is yet to go to law
school, it is yet to go to Nysc.
But still, if you go to NOUN management about
law school and Nysc, they would still tell you in
confidence, Noun would go to law school, it
would go for Nysc.
This means that, as far as Noun managements
are concerned, they will continue to use that
sweet words to deceive students and prospective
students alike.
Let me inform you once again, NOUN will never go
to law school, it will never go for Nysc, UNLESS
WE ACT and STOP the discrimination. UNTIL THE
STUDENTS ACT, NOTHING WILL CHANGE.
Let me also inform you that, if NYSC, Law School
and others continue to discriminate against NOUN
without the students taking the right steps now
to correct it, you are destined to face many more
discrimination after graduation. Though, you may
not know now.
I therefore call on every Noun students
irrespective of your location to join the struggle to
liberate Noun from internal and external
discrimination.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SUCCEED.
BE COUNTED.
CONGRESS OF NOUN STUDENTS.

By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat.

I don't see discrimination here. What I see is fraudulent misrepresentation by the school authority in continuously assuring you people that you could go to Law School and the Youth Service programme. You don't have much options o. I would suggest you sue the school for lying to the lot of you. Beyond that, you can't force the Council of Legal Education and the National Youth Service Corp to recognize the school like that o. Shrug. Good luck.

This is bad. 419 at such a high level or are they struggling with bureaucracy to secure law school & NYSC participation?