A former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Imo State Council, Ben Osuagwu has called on the National University Commission , NUC to beckon on the tertiary institutions in the country to make provisions for POST UTME candidates from the flood ravaged States and riverine states to take their examinations at a later date.
His appeal followed reports of heavy flooding of the highways in and out of the affected States to the point that everyone in these States can no longer leave their homes for anything.
Osuagwu who was speaking at a radio programme in Owerri said the most affected States are in the South South, North Central, North West and parts of South East zones.
He observed that because of the flooding and its attendant ravaging effects, candidates for this year’s POST UTME may not be admitted into any tertiary institution in the country.
He said that the flood has kept everybody in the affected States indoors especially those from Bayelsa, Delta, Kogi, Kano and Oguta in Imo States.
The flooding, according to him, has also led to closure of all schools in these States.
The former Imo NUJ Chairman called on the authorities concerned to listen to the Parents of the candidates from affected States who have also appealed to all tertiary institutions in the country to make provision to accommodate their candidates when the flooding recedes.
He said that failure to take the plight of these candidates into consideration will lead to disenfranchisement and denial of their future ambition.
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