At long last, it is relief for a group of University of Lagos, UNILAG students who got stranded in China, as they are now on their way home.
The students who had gone on a one-year academic exchange programme got stock on the way prompting a desperate situation both in china and at home.
Their appeal on X saved the day, as it gingered all concerned, especially the UNILAG authorities.
“Thank you for reaching out @Osunwede. The situation has been swiftly resolved”, the university said in an X post confirming the returning of the students.
“Thank you for reaching out @Osunwede. The situation has been swiftly resolved. The students have been well taken care of, and are now on their way back home.
“As we await their safe return, on behalf of the @UnilagVC, we appreciate everyone who brought this to our attention,” the university stated.
The motion for their return was set by an X user, @Osunwede, popularly known as Turah BMG.
“Please treat as urgent! Who has the contact of Unilag VC, some of their students are currently stranded in a foreign country!!! Please!!!,” she had written.
It is now kudos to her for escalating an obviously serious situation
Turah TMG did not stop there, but has called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“Thank you so much & to the VC for swift response. However, a proper investigation needs to be carried out so such won’t repeat itself again.
“The lecturer in charge is subtly threatening to fail the students for daring to raise alarm. He has been said to be notorious for this,” she alleged.
According to her, the students were to return to Nigeria after a 1-year study in China, a lecturer was in charge with payment made as at last year.
“The agent the lecturer used booked a 27-hour layover in Qatar. Qatar doesn’t allow more than a 24-hour layover except you have a visa.”
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“For those that are curious, they are students of Unilag. They went to China for an exchange program. They were meant to have returned to their home country in Nigeria on Monday but because of a lecturer’s negligence and agent, which obviously comes to monetary.”
It is expected that the coming day will witness more insight to what actually transpired. For now, the focus is seeing the students back hale and hearty.
“They are stranded in China. An average Nigerian is wicked. The lecturer instead didn’t manage the funds well and had to put them into the struggle trying to book cheap flights. In the case it didn’t work out, now the students are meant to suffer for his incompetence,” he alleged.
He further claimed the stranded UNILAG students had been forced to make an additional journey because of the travel arrangements.
“They are currently in Shanghai and have to travel another 15 hours down to Beijing to be able to book a flight down to their home country. This all happened because the VC got involved; it was supposed to be a clean transaction. The school should fish out the lecturer,” he said.
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