Posted on: 02:52 Wed, 18 Nov 2015



Lagos State University, LASU students
union protest increment in acceptance
fees. Any attempt to sustain the
increment may lead to a looming crisis
from the students.

The Lagos State University (LASU)
Union, has urged the school
management to revert the increase
in acceptance fee. The fee, which was
formerly N10, 000 has now been
increased to N20, 000.

Mr Adeyemi Onikoro, LASUSU
Chairman, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the
reduction should be with immediate
effect.

Onikoro said that the increment was
another strategy devised by the
authorities to exploit the students
and a technical way of increasing
the school fees.

“Such a policy was initiated
sometime ago at the Obafemi
Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-ife,
but it caused crisis which led to the
closure of the university for six
months.

“We do not want such to happen in
LASU, so that the academic calendar
will not be distorted; that is why we
are calling on the new governing
council and the acting Vice-
chancellor to do the needful.

“Any attempt to sustain the
increment will be vehemently
opposed by the students,” he said.