A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana
(SAN), has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to reduce the
fees of the Lagos State University students.
Falana, in a statement on Sunday,
commended Fashola for....
directing the reopening of the university without
imposing reparation fees on the students for the repairs of facilities
damaged during the crisis which led to the closure of the institution.
The university was shut following the January 23, 2014 students’ protest against hike in fees.
The governor had directed that the university be reopened on Monday (today).
But Falana insisted that the
“skyrocketing tuition” imposed on the students could not be justified
given the poor economic conditions of many of the students’ parents.
He also urged the state government to
review the fees since the government was still responsible for the
substantial funding of the institution.
“Therefore, the demand for the review of
the tuition fees cannot be faulted in the light of the phenomenal
increase in the internally generated revenue by the Lagos state
Government,” Falana stated.
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