IFM FURORE: WRONG MOVE BY IFM STUDENTS

Tuesday, 15 January 2013 22:04 The Citizen

The disruption on Monday of ferry services across the Magogoni Creek in Dar es Salaam by rowdy Institute ofFinance Management (IFM) students deserves to be condemned in the strongest terms possible.The students put their lives and those of hundreds of other people at risk when they attempted to force their way into a ferry that was already loaded to capacity. The situation was not helped when police, who are not known for their restraint, fired generous amounts of tear gas into panicky crowds at the ferry terminal. Interestingly, the students who behaved like thugs were on their way to Kigamboni to protest against insecurity at and around the IFM hostels located across the creek. The students had every right to air their concerns about the recent wave of thefts and muggings at the hostels, but they should have done so in a peaceful and civilised manner that befits their status as educated people. There is no denying the fact that some parts of Kigamboni have been taken over by criminals, with the police doing precious little to make the area safe again for law-abiding citizens and their property, but this should not be an excuse for victims to break the law in their quest to get their message through to the relevant authorities.