Students of
Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, protested over alleged
sexual harassment of female students, molestation and extortion by some staff
of the institution.
The students, numbering about 2, 000, blocked
traffic at Eleven-Eleven Bus Stop on their way to the Government House, Calabar
to register their grievance.
Some of the placards carried by the students had
inscriptions such as, ‘Sexual harassment of female students’, Female
molestation’, ‘Extortion of money from students’, ‘No better CRUTECH, No better
Cross River’, ‘CRUTECH, no better lecture hall’.
CRUTECH Students Union president, Mr Ekong Eka,
accused the state government of neglecting students of the university, adding
that, two months ago, some groups of people came to the school to tell them
that government wanted to pay them bursary.
