AAUA Students Protest Increase In Tution Fees
The students of the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo state on Monday took to the streets to protest increase in their tuition fees.
The protesting students marched through the popular Oba Adesida road to Alagbaka in Akure, the Ondo State, preventing a free flow of traffic as they register their grievances.
The students were armed placards with various inscriptions as they chanted solidarity songs in their procession, which also grounded commercial activities in the state capital.
The students said that the fee increase of 500 per cent was unacceptable, lamenting that their parents would not be able to pay.
The students were also joined by their colleagues from other institutions who were mobilized into the state to show solidarity over the hike in the tuition fee.
They called on the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu led government to urgently reverse the increase in school fee or face their wrath.
It was gathered that the students who were paying between N25, 000 and N30, 000 are now to pay between N120, 000 to 180, 000 which the students claimed their parents cannot afford.
The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University had last week released the tuition fees for both the old and new students of the school for the 2017/2018 academic sessions with an increase of over 500 per cent.
The students vowed that they would continue to protest against the hike until the government reverses the increase in the tuition.
