FG to unity schools: Suspend students found guilty of physical assault

The federal government has directed the management of federal unity colleges to suspend any student found guilty of physically assaulting another student.

Recently, the federal ministry of education suspended 13 students at the Federal Government College, Enugu, for six weeks over alleged bullying.

A viral video on social media shows many students at the school surrounding and flogging another student with belts.

The ministry also directed the school-based management committee (SBMC) to collaborate with security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation, including possible affiliations with external groups.

In a circular addressed to the principals of all the unity colleges, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, permanent secretary at the federal ministry of education, said students who cause bodily harm to other students “will now be suspended indefinitely”.

“The attention of the Ministry has been drawn to the cruel and inhuman acts of physical assault that inflict bodily injury on other students by fellow students or groups of students,” the letter reads.

“In addition to the punishments in the ministry’s approved uniform guidelines for offences and punishments, the ministry has directed that henceforth any student or group of students found culpable of physical assault leading to bodily injury on another student or group of students will be suspended indefinitely from the college.

“Ensure that you comply strictly with the content of this circular and inform the SBMC members and parents accordingly.”