The Students Solidarity Group against Fees Hike has stated that a survey it carried out has shown that substantial numbers of Nigerian university students are planning to drop out due to the hike in tuition fees. The group made this known in a press statement released on Thursday, adding that the survey was filled by many students who also gave their condemnation of the fee hike. According to the statement, the group revealed it is planning to hold a congress at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
Godfrey George writes that many indigent parents whose children are students of tertiary institutions where fees have been hiked risk dropping out, as they cannot afford to pay the increased fees
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has reportedly suspended the sale of hostel bed space at the sum of N525,000 to each student of the institution after an expose by SaharaReporters. SaharaReporters had reported that students of the University had raised the alarm that the institution was charging each student the sum of N525,000 for a bed space at the university's hostels, while it issued them receipts for N135,000.
Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), have raised the alarm that the institution is charging each student the sum of N525,000 for a bed space at the university's hostels. This comes amid controversies and protests by students of the university against astronomical increase in their school fees.