Adopoly: Management directed students to pay #2,500 for Admission consideration clearance

The management of the federal polytechnic Ado Ekiti has directed the 9,459 UTME students considered for admission into its evening programme to pay the sum of two thousand and five hundred Naira(#2,500) for clearance.

In an internal memorandum dated January 3, 2020 from the CEC chief accountant to the new intake, which in part reads: "I am directed to inform you that all students granted admission into ND evening through POST UTME are to pay the sum of two thousand, five hundred Naira into the polytechnic account Before proceeding for Your clearance."

Inside Fedpolad learnt the #2,500 is only to be paid by UTME Evening candidates only while those that applied for evening directly clearance is free.

More than 1,000 Newly admitted students storm satellite campus of the federal polytechnic Ado Ekiti on Monday for their clearance registrations. The Evening students were cleared but the UTME Evening students were told to pay the sum of #2,500 before they can be cleared. Some of the students who spoke with our correspondent said they were not told so before as they didn't had up-to the said amount on them which left them no choice than to come back for their clearance.

The clearance registration will continue 8am on Tuesday.

There was a report of riot in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Monday which involve vandalising of cars, our correspondent gathered the violence ensued among the NURTW members which left many students stranded at the poly junction but peace has been restored when VAM correspondent visit the garage as of 2pm on Monday