Offer of 500.000 Laptops:

UB students paid 1000 FCFA to match for Biya

By Boris Esono in Buea

UB students in solidarity with Biya over laptops offer

After the rest of the regions showed solidarity to the President of the Republic for donating 500.000 laptops to students in public and private universities across the country, it was the turn of the University of Buea to do the same.

                The event which took place on Wednesday, 19th October 2016 saw students of various departments march past from the Bongo Square to the SW Governor’s office.

                It should be recalled that the donation from the president is aimed to facilitate study and research by the students. However, according to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea, Prof NalovaLyonga, “these laptops are not meant for students alone but for the administration to also rehabilitate the IT Centres to take care of the students.”

                The question that begs an answer is why should students be paid to march for a project that is for their benefit?

                The students were first compelled to march within the campus of the University of Buea before moving in the rain to the Bongo Square, all this for an insulting 1000 FCFA.

                The much expected laptops has led to some parents refusing to buy laptops for their children just because the president has promised laptops to students in the public and private Universities. It has also caused many graduates to enroll for post-graduate programs just to secure their own laptops.

                At a time when the president expects people to go to the farm, one would have expected the president to provide students with farm equipment to better push Cameroon forward in the agricultural domain. But laptops were given instead.