Protest Over Hike In Tuition Fee, Demand Immediate Reversal

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Students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), on Wednesday, in Lagos, went on protest to express their objection to the increment by about 150 per cent of their various fees and levies by the school authorities.

They said they could not afford the new fees regime because majority of them are on low income range of about N50,000 monthly salary.

The students, who mobilized themselves through social media platform staged the protest at McCarthy Study Centre of the university in Obalende, Lagos.

They assembled at the centre around 9.30am and carried placards with different inscriptions, chanting no to fees hike by the university management.

The students are mostly young adults and did not leave the school until the director of the centre, Prof Rotimi Ogidan, pacified them with a promise to relate their grievances with the appropriate quarter.

Speaking to Nigerian Tribune, The National Vice President (Administration) of Congress of NOUN students, Adekola Shuaib, said the students got to know of the fees hike on their portals when they wanted to register for a new semester.

He said they were surprised to discover that the portal had been upgraded to capture the new fees regime without the management informing them ahead of the development.

He added that, they had made series of appeals to the school management via social media platforms and gave reasons for their objection without hearing anything from the school.

The students however urged the management of the institution to make urgent reversal for smooth academic learning.