Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), on the platform of Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, have scheduled Wednesday, September 6, to begin a mass protest on campus in opposition to the increased tuition fee hike by the school’s management.
In a statement on Saturday, the group called for an immediate reversal of the school fees as well as proper funding of education by the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government.
It called on students nationwide to kick against increments in tuition fees.
It stated that the mass protests become imperative “as all Nigerian students, parents, civil society organisations, informal workers, are set to hit the streets to say enough of untold hardship meted on us.”
The statement read in part, “…we in the Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike engaged in a series of actions to enlighten members of the public of the dangers this anti-poor policy portends for the generality of the people.
“Our argument remains that the responsibility of funding public education can not be shifted to poor students and their parents, even in a draining economy such as this. We also maintain that the decision taken by the UNILAG Management, supervised by their employers, remains authoritarian, illogical and economically inconsiderate.
“It is also important to state that after engaging in a discussion for over four weeks, the UNILAG Management failed to reconvene the meeting with the student delegation.
“We are civil, and we believe that our civility should be reciprocated with respect, especially from people saddled with the responsibility of serving the public.”
