Oh no! Yaba tech

It feels like Yaba college of technology has been around for a lifetime. Well 1947 till 2015 is a long time. Age is usually associated with wisdom and excellence, albeit because there's been time to practice over and over again. So, it's been with great dismay that I have being privy to the accommodation challenges of the new undergraduates and the way in which the school administration is handling the matter.School resumed in May 2015 for the freshers, yet the hostels were not opened, two months down the line the hostels have still not been opened. The school authorities don't seem to be perturbed by the fact that some of these students are coming to Lagos for the first time and do not have anywhere else to go, if they assume that those living in Lagos no matter the area, Sangotedo, Epe etc can be coming from home, what about the student whose home is in Owerri, Imo state or Benin in Edo state? How do they get to classes everyday? Is living off of campus not supposed to be the last resort if the school as usual admits more students than it can cater for? This dismal state of affairs led to many of the students sleeping in the lecture halls at night. As if the no hostel was not bad enough, the school has now told the students not to sleep in the classrooms anymore, yet the hostels are still not opened. So, where should the students be then? Was the school not aware that students would be coming once the school opened or that they would need accommodation? Yaba college of technology is not a backyard little school by any standard, I bet the parents as far back as in the east who rejoiced when their wards gained admission into the "cradle of education" did not think their children will be stranded. There is no student union representation which is an oddity and hence the students have no one to speak on their behalf. The enormous challenges facing the Nigerian students are already daunting without this extra baggage. Someone should be held accountable.