University over fee hikes that have outraged
students and their parents and also led to
protests has reached resolution point with
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos
State now proposing a reduction of the
tuition to accommodate everybody.
Fashola made the proposal during a meeting
with the protesting students. The students,
under the auspices of the Education Rights
Campaign (ERC), are demanding reversal of
the hiked fee. They have staged several rallies
and protests to press their case.
After a fruitfuf deliberation, Fashola agreed
to reduce the hiked fee. He teased the
students and members of the ERC to consult
among themselves and propose an acceptable
reduction in other to carry all along.
One of the protester claimed that, following
the controversial hike, the school has
continually had a low number of choice
applications from candidates in the annual
Unified Tertiary Examinations. Report has it
that, this year, no disciplinary faculty in the
institution has up to 500 students.
"This year, for example, there are only 15
students in the Faculty of Law," the source
said. He added that the institution may be
considering the option of merging
departments and laying off some of the
lecturers due to the unfortunate decline in
the number of students wishing to enroll at
the university.
The government is ready to make sacrifices,
considering that Lagos is a big metropolis
with large population.
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