Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA) students, Ondo state took over the streets , Monday, in protest of the hike in their tuition.

The management of Adekunle Ajasin University had published last week the tuition fees for the old and new students of the school for academic sessions 2017/2018 with an increase of more than 500%. The student protesters allegedly crossed the popular Oba Adesida road to Alagbaka in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, thus preventing the free flow of traffic by noting their dissatisfaction. According to reports, the students were armed with placards bearing various inscriptions as they sang songs of solidarity in their procession, which founded commercial activities in the state capital. Students said that the 500% fee increase was unacceptable because their parents would not be able to pay.

 

Sahara Reporters stated that one of the protesting students, Iyabo Adebimbe, lamented the increment in the tuition, arguing that many female students may be lured into crime or prostitution due to the inability of their parents to pay.

“Before, we (students) were paying between N25, 000 and N30, 000 but now it has been increased to N120, 000 and 180, 000 which is just too much to bear for us and our parents.

 

“This increment shows that the state government being led by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu wants us to result into prostitution and other forms of crime which could destroy our future. I learnt my of our colleagues are already dropping out of the system because they can’t afford it”, She said.

Ondo State House of Assembly said on Monday that it has nothing to do with the tuition increase announced by the Governing Council of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, saying the council did not carry the state legislature along before taking the decision.

Speaking with journalists on the development, the Chairman House Committee on Information, Mr Fatal Olotu urged the protesting students to remain calm while the Assembly took a decision that would favour them.

He said,
” We dissociate ourselves from the proposed new fees. We have not carried along, we are not aware of the new fees. All the announcement on the new fees would be revisited. ”
Also, the speaker of the House, Mr. Bamidele Oloyeloogun, said since the governing council failed to report to the House Committee on Tertiary Institutions, the Assembly would not support the increment.Räägi sõbrale... #AFRICA ... spill TEA ABOUT THE TOPIC ABOVE.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie