Activities at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, were paralysed, yesterday, as National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, protested the hike in tuition fees at Lagos State University, LASU, and other tertiary institutions in the state.
The protesters demanded the immediate reversal of the new tuition fees of all tertiary institutions in the state.
Other demands includes: the reinstatement of LASU Student Union, opening of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, and improvement of infrastructure at all state-owned tertiary institutions.
It would be recalled that the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba, had in an interview with Vanguard, said the increment was based on the recommendation of the visitation panel led by Justice Olaseinde Silva.
The students, who came in their hundreds, barricaded the entrance to the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola and other roads, obstructing the free flow of traffic for several hours.
They ensured that vehicular movement into and out of the governor’s office were stalled and demanded to see the governor.
However, attempts to see the governor by the protesters proved abortive, as they refused to yield to the demands of the security officials who pacified them to leave the premises.
Speaking on behalf of NANS, Lagos State, Mr. Aibana Adeyemi, condemned the increment of LASU tuition fees from N25,000 to N250,000.
He said: “It is an attempt by government to deprive children of low income- earners the opportunity of attending tertiary institutions.”
Adeyemi warned that if the governor refused to yield to their demands, the students might be forced to confront the authorities.
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