FUTA students protest tuition fee hike

Scores of students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State, on Monday, January 15, protested against the decision of the university management to increase tuition fees.

The students, who staged the protest in front of the university’s gate, said the management increased the fees by over 300 per cent.

They prevented human and vehicular movement from entering the campus, insisting that the university management must reverse the hike in the tuition fee.

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Addressing the protesting students, the President of the FUTA Student Union Government, Oluwasoromidayo Olayemi, pleaded with the management of the university to revert to the old school fees.

Olayemi said the last increment in tuition fees was not up to one year before the new hike.

He alleged that the management increased the tuition fees to over N200,000 for new students, while returning students paying N35,000 would now pay at least N130,000 depending on academic programme.

He said the peaceful protest would continue until the fees were reverted.

The Star