Nigerian students in the 19 northern states have threatened to embark on protest following the recent hike in tuition fees in some Nigerian universities.
had exclusively reported how some federal universities across the country announced a 200 per cent hike in school fees.
The SW-CNG expressed worry that what it called “some insensitive and indifferent authorities of northern Nigerian universities” had already announced incredible increments in their tuition. Those in this category according to the group, are, the University of Maiduguri, Federal University Dutse, and the Federal University Lafia.
“Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents continue to wreak havoc in the Northeast while farmers/herdsmen clashes escalate in the North-Central. “Added to these is the pervasive harsh economic reality resulting from the removal of electricity subsidy and subsequent hike in electricity tariff, worsened by the scarcity of petrol and uncontrolled willful hike in prices of the commodity where and when available,” the students observed.
“The number of university graduates and productive segments of every society will inevitably drop drastically and the confidence, hope, and faith of the commoners in the entire schooling system would be lost with dire consequences.“The region’s educational and economic viability would be completely crippled and the region would continue its slide into decay, decadence, inconsequence, irrelevant, and general backwardness,” the angry students lamented.
“And in the event the passage of the Bill becomes inevitable, we demand your urgent intervention in ensuring the provision of easy accessibility and soft repayment clauses therein.
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