Students of the University of Port Harcourt are the latest
group of students to protest their institution’s hike in fees.
Just last week, University of Lagos and Lagos State University also embarked on strikes to protest increased fees.
Protesters have described the new fees of N41,400 instead of the N29,500 paid last year, as “unnecessary and insensitive,” according to Channels TV.
The students reportedly stated that
there was an intervention fund given to federal institutions by the
federal government during the recent 6-month Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.
At the end
of the strike an agreement was reportedly reached that the Federal
Government would disburse N20 billion every quarter to the university
authorities.
In view of this agreement, students are
angry because they feel that with the billions disbursed, there should
be no need for fee hikes.
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