The Lagos State University students on
Thursday stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola at Alausa,
Ikeja, and said they would not return home until their school fees were
reduced and their arrested colleagues released unconditionally.
The students, who arrived at the office
at about 3pm in over 10 buses, came along with mats, mosquito nets and
cooking pots, among others.
To show their seriousness, the female
students quickly swung....
into action, setting up firewoods to prepare
beans near the entrance of the Governor’s Office.
The students also defied a downpour that
threatened their demonstration, as they danced to solidarity songs and
held mid-day prayers to seek divine intervention.
The union leader said that the students were not engaged in violence on Tuesday but only carried placards and chanted solidarity songs to sensitise the government about their plight.“We started the protest from LASU gate with five police vans following us all through until we got to Bolade, Oshodi, when it seemed the police received an order to disperse us.
“We did not vandalise any public property as claimed,” he said.
Yusuf urged Governor Fashola to meet the demand of the students and reduce the tuition fee, as they would not relent in their struggle.
LASU had on April 24 submitted a proposal of N46,500 for returning students and N65,500 for fresh students as the new tuition fees. This is against the current charge of N197,000 and N350,000 respectively for medical students.
The proposal followed the directives of Governor Fashola in a meeting with the students on March 31, to come up with a proposal of how much they can afford.
The ad-hoc committee constituted by the State Executive Council on review of LASU tuition, under the chairmanship of the Commissioner of Transport, Mr Kayode Opeifa, invited the students union for a meeting on May 27.
The committee, however, said that quality education could not be sustained with the fees proposed by the students.
“We did not vandalise any public property as claimed,” he said.
Yusuf urged Governor Fashola to meet the demand of the students and reduce the tuition fee, as they would not relent in their struggle.
LASU had on April 24 submitted a proposal of N46,500 for returning students and N65,500 for fresh students as the new tuition fees. This is against the current charge of N197,000 and N350,000 respectively for medical students.
The proposal followed the directives of Governor Fashola in a meeting with the students on March 31, to come up with a proposal of how much they can afford.
The ad-hoc committee constituted by the State Executive Council on review of LASU tuition, under the chairmanship of the Commissioner of Transport, Mr Kayode Opeifa, invited the students union for a meeting on May 27.
The committee, however, said that quality education could not be sustained with the fees proposed by the students.
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