Edo
Varsity Students Protest Arbitrary Hike in Tuition Fees
By
Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
Students
of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo state yesterday staged a peaceful
protest against what they called the arbitrary hike of fees by the school
management
The
protesting students with various inscribed placards; Reduce Our School
Fees, Education Is Not For The Rich Alone, No Reduction ,No Resumption,
N165k No Be Beans, stormed the premises of the Nigeria Union of
Journalists to registered their resentment
Spoke
person for the group and Member National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS)
Governing Council, Comrade Edwin Ahkimien Okolose demanded for immediate
reversal of the tuition fees hiked from the current N47,000 to 165,000 which
represent over 400% increment
He said the economic reality in the country, coupled with the present
18,000 minimum wage many parents cannot afford such fees adding that the action
of the institution management equally fell short of the idea of the founding
father of the university to make education affordable to all
He frowned at the decision of the school management to shunned the
committee of management/ students representatives earlier suggested by NANS to
negotiate the issues of fees
He
said the students body (NANS) has consequently issued 24hours ultimatum to the
University to shut down the school portal (KOFA) and immediately reverse the
fees, adding that failure to comply, the entire students would be left with no
choice but to embark on mass protest
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