THE enforced ban on squatting and subletting of rooms at the Copperbelt University (CBU) has remained in effect with the earlier stand-off between students and management seemingly settled.
CBU public relations officer Grace Mikunga said in an interview yesterday that the controversy that surrounded the enforced ban on students’ squatting and subletting of rooms at the campus had now been resolved.
Ms Mikunga said all was now well in campus as the issue had been dealt with.
“The position of not allowing squatting has remained and as far as management is concerned things have gone back to normal,” she said.
She said the institution had continued to provide alternative accommodation to students that had no rooms in the campus.
She said so far, management had accommodated students in excess of 1, 000 into sourced boarding houses in the surrounding areas.
“We have sourced about 84 boarding houses in the surrounding areas where we have accommodated in excess of 1, 000 students that had no rooms at CBU campus,” Ms Mikunga said.
CBU management at the opening of the 2013 academic calendar announced a ban of squatting and subletting of rooms, which was aimed at safeguarding the health and safety of students.
This, however, became a source of conflict between management and students, as the former engaged more security personnel to evict student squatters.
Due to the over enrollment or the increase of number of programmes at the institution, squatting should not even be talked about because it is inevitable.
Graduate 2008
good management. thanks