BY CHIDINMA OGU (WHILE IN VANGUARD NEWSPAPER)
LAGOS State University Student’s
Union, (LASUSU) has called on the state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN,
and other stakeholders in the institution to prevail on the school management
to reduce the seven hundred and twenty-five percent (725%) increment in their
school fees as announced recently.
Speaking at a news briefing, Monday,
at the School of Medicine, Ikeja, the Student’s Union President, Durojaiye
Akeem Olalekan said they were shocked that fresh arts and education students of
LASU who used to pay N25,000 will henceforth be paying N193,750; while Social
Management Sciences students will now pay N223,750. Fresh students of the
College of Medicine students are now expected to pay N348,750.
Durojaiye said: “We the Student’s
Unions bring to the notice of the State Government and the general public that
eighty percent of LASU students and prospective students are indigent and come
from humble background. They cannot even afford a daily three square meal.
Meanwhile, our parents are petty
traders and civil servants awaiting the implementation of the N18,000 minimum
wage. How many months salary will sum up to N348,750 for a medical student in a
family of five.”
Students Union Public Relation
Officer, Azeez Olateji said: “When has LASU become a profit oriented venture
instead of an avenue to cater for the indigent students of Lagos State and
Nigeria at large. This is not in tandem with the state ruling party’s ideology
of free and quality of education for all.
This is contrary to what is
obtainable in other State Universities controlled by the Action Congress of
Nigeria.”
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