Togolese President Gnassingbe Eyadema on Tuesday met with Lome University
lecturers and students, who have been boycotting classes to protest the
non-payment of allowances.
In his address, Eyadema proposed dialogue rather than confrontation
in efforts to solve the problems confronting Lome University.
"Nothing can be done in the absence of peace and security," said Eyadema,
who expressed concern over the situation at the university.
Lome University students had embarked on two-day strike to demand the
payment of outstanding grants and better conditions of learning.
Meanwhile, university lecturers and researchers grouped under the Union
of Togolese lecturers have written the Rector-Chancellor of Universities
to complain against the expulsion of student leaders.
Lome University Students Council members, including their president
Gnandi Kondi, are among a group that has been expelled from the institution.
The lecturers and researchers also denounced the presence of "security
forces" on campus and appealed on university authorities to opt for dialogue
instead of resorting to repression.
