UNAD Law Students In Distress, Beg For NUC’s Accreditation

By Olatunji Saliu

After winning gallantly at the annual PRIMA STRATA debate competition held recently, law students of the University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD), are currently in distress over lack of lecture rooms, among other infrastructure expected to be provided by the school authorities, Campus Square can reveal.

They are also calling on the Nigeria University Commission (NUC) to re-accredit the faculty as the current situation has now caused  a setback for them.

In a save-our-soul (SOS) message sent to the school authorities and other concerned bodies, the students claimed to have the ‘brain’ to prove their prowess academically, but unfortunately have no proper structures in place like their counterparts in other schools and faculties.

In the five paragraph SOS message signed by Prince Issa Akanji Adedokun, president of the Law Society, and made available to Campus Square, the budding lawyers called on the authorities of UNAD to quickly erect at least five lecture rooms and a mock trial court .

Other infrastructure which they demanded for include internet facility for the law library, a law society bus and funding of the ‘Jurist Consult,’ otherwise known as the law student journal.

Adedokun, on behalf of his colleagues, further stated that the faculty is in absolute distress, requiring the attention of the NUC in terms of accreditation since the situation has continued to be a nightmare to them.

“We plead with both the government, public and private organisations to help the faculty of law, University of Ado-Ekiti, to get our great faculty re-accredited,” he stated.

Meanwhile, it was a good outing for the students recently when they defeated two federal universities - Obafemi Awolowo  University (OAU), Ile-Ife and the University of Ibadan (U.I.) at the annual Prima Strata Debate Competition organised for law students in Nigerian universities.

Despite their late notification and preparation for the competition, Campus Square learnt that UNAD  law students who had the total point of 62.8 narrowly beat their counterparts from OAU who scored 62.7 points.

Students of the University of Ibadan who lost to UNAD students at the semi-final stage came third at the end of the competition.

—Additional report by Oluwatosin Ajayi/Ado Ekiti.