Obafemi Awolowo University Students have demand the Federal Government reversal of their tuition fee hike today.
The SUG President has made us to know that they have fought for the right of the general students.
After the announcement of the students loan by the federal government, many higher institutions have proposed to increase school fees but the students have rejected the proposals.
Also, Comrade Abbas Ojo, the Students Union Government president of Obafemi Awolowo has come out to say no to school fees hike.
PUNCH Online reported that the "Management of the varsity, last Wednesday, announced adjustments to the fees that students of the institution will be required to pay for the upcoming academic session.
“Today, we are here to address the pressing issue of sudden fee hikes and the alarming state of education funding in Nigeria. Education is the cornerstone of development and progress for any nation. So, it’s sad that in a country as great as ours, education is becoming a choice only the rich can make.
“The current situation in Nigeria paints a grim picture, with chronically low funding for education having severe repercussions on our society. Inadequate funding has limited access to quality education, hinder academic resources, and already created many financial burdens for students and their families.” the statement partly read.
The institution fondly called OAU with the students Union excos have led other students to reject the proposal by the management.
Punch Online also reported that
"The union earlier demanded that the school management make it a duty to reverse the increment in school fees and “all financial institutions, remita, especially ignore and suspend any payment from OAU pending the time the union will write to them; otherwise, their branches in Ife and OAU campus will be shut down.”
“We’ve also written to all respective banks to halt the acceptance of fee payments from any student until a better resolution has been achieved. As much as we don’t want to, we are currently running out of options and might have to shut down all activities on campus and progressively on all campuses throughout the country if the school authorities remain silent on the issue,” the union added.
"The union earlier demanded that the school management make it a duty to reverse the increment in school fees and “all financial institutions, remita, especially ignore and suspend any payment from OAU pending the time the union will write to them; otherwise, their branches in Ife and OAU campus will be shut down.”
“We’ve also written to all respective banks to halt the acceptance of fee payments from any student until a better resolution has been achieved. As much as we don’t want to, we are currently running out of options and might have to shut down all activities on campus and progressively on all campuses throughout the country if the school authorities remain silent on the issue,” the union added.