OAU students protest hike in school fees

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State are currently protesting the hike in their school fee.
Punch, the protesting students have locked down major buildings in the institution.

It was learnt that principal officers of the university are presently locked up in the senate building.Among the locked places are: senate building, computer building and the main entrance gate that leads to the university campus... read more

“We have locked everywhere including the senate building, computer building and we are presently blocking the school gate. We are ready for the school management, we don’t care whatever happens to them there. The VC too is around, we want them to also feel what we are going through,” one of the protesters said.

OAU recently increased the fees of its newly admitted students from N37,150 and N42,150 to N 82,400, N92,700 and N95,700 (acceptance fee inclusive), depending on faculties.

The fees of old students of the institution was also increased from N5,300, N7,800, N10, 300 and N12,800 per session to N19,700, N30,700 and N33,700 for different faculties respectively.

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