BY EMEM IDIO

YENAGOA—STUDENTS of  Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, yesterday, took to the streets in protest over what they described as the scrapping of the departments of Economics and Political Science by the College authorities.

The protesting students took over Sagbama Town, obstructed traffic and chanted war songs, but were confronted by policemen, who fired canisters of tear gas in a bid to disperse them.
Reacting, the Provost of the institution, Professor Saviour Agoro, said the protest was uncalled for since the departments of Political Science and Education had not been scrapped as alleged by the students, but were undergoing restructuring. He noted that the institution has no power to scrap any department, adding that management of the institution was already on top of the situation.