Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun state have stormed the main campus of the institution to kick against a slight increment of school fees by the management of the institution.
The Nation recalled that the management of the institution last month after an emergency meeting announced a 300 percent increment in school fees after which they reduced it slightly by 15 percent to pacify the aggrieved students.
However, the students of the institution besieged the main gate of the campus on Tuesday, October 3, around 7 a.m. with placards, chanting solidarity songs to press home their demands.
The placards they were bearing had several inscriptions that read: ‘Fee must fall’, ‘Let the poor breath’, ‘Mama Dey sell full, papa Dey tide Okada where you wan make I see 90k’, ‘You Dey whine-fee must fall’, ‘Education sector is bleeding’ amongst others.
The students barricaded the entrance of the gate thereby restricting vehicular movement from moving in and out of the school.
Speaking with the president of the student union leader, Akinremi Ojo, he disclosed that the protest was to demand a 50 percent reduction of the increased fees.
He said: “Weeks before we have threatened that we would shut down activities in the school if the management refused to yield to our demands. We have declared that this protest will continue every day until our demands are met.”
