The Authorities of the Rivers
State Polytechnic Bori has cancelled the second semester examination originally scheduled to commence today to the second week of January to enable students pay the contributory fees of twenty thousand naira.
The Authority had already scheduled to commence the examination today Monday but has it postponed  to enable students completed their compulsory contributing fees to enable the institution fix some essential academic items that would aid the school function effectively.
The authority came out with this development after an interactive meeting with the school authorities which involved the Head Of Departments, the student unions within and outside the school, last Thursday so that students could pay the fees and complete all other clearance processes.
The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Institution, Barrister Independence Enyinda who stated this after the meeting said the school authority did not consider the cost of the damaged, but wanted the students to go back and write their examinations to enable some of them proceed for the National Youth Service.
Enyinda noted that the authority lost over #500 million during the fracas, stating that the school wanted to get some basic things that would be needed while investigations would commence on the remote cause of the last October student protest.
He noted that the school authority does not believed that it was mere Akwa Ibom student election that could warrant the students to go on rampage, stressing that the authority is not leaving any stone unturned.
He informed that the students have agreed to pay the said amount, adding that they needed time as some of them are facing challenges in paying fees due to the rush at the banks.
According to him, the students are ready to pay, but they said some of them cannot meet up the Monday 8th December deadline due to the rush at the various bank.
“Some have paid, but will need to consider them and also the Christmas break, that was the reason we shifted the examinations to the second week of January. This is to allow them enough time to complete the processes and clearance’’, he said.
The students commended the Governing Council to have come down to the level of the students to discuss a way forward and seek final solution to the issue, regretting the unwarranted destruction of school properties.
The acting President, Comrade Nwachukwu Chinyere said the students appreciates the efforts of the council and urged the students to ensure that they complete their payment on or before the second week of January.
Nwanchukwu said the council was seeking ways to bring peace back to the school.