The federal government of Nigeria has stepped into the challenges facing some Nigerian students at Teesside University, United Kingdom who were issued vacate orders for defaulting in payment fees.
A delegation, led by a representative of the Nigerian Embassy in the UK, Amb. Christian Okeke, leader of the Nigerian Students Union in the UK, is expected to visit the management of Teesside University.
The delegation is expected to intervene on the allegations of unfair and unjust deportation orders served on some Nigerian students, in the middle of their studies.
The decision was taken at the end of a virtual meeting held between Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/ CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), representative of the Nigerian High Commission UK, Amb. Christian Okeke, Mr Yemi Soile, President, Nigerian Students Union UK, and many of the affected students at the meeting on Sunday.
The affected students passionately narrated their ordeal and were optimistic about a positive intervention.
During the meeting, chairman NIDCOM appealed to the students to remain calm and not to take laws into their own hands while appealing to the University to treat the students with justice and fairness.
It will be recalled that some students of Teesside University from Nigeria staged a protest following the directives by the University authorities for them to leave the UK on the allegations that some of the students defaulted in paying their school fees.
