LASU Students On Rampage Over School Fees Hike

Irate students of the Lagos State University, LASU, Tuesday shut down traffic along he Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway to protest the hike in tuition fees, and demanded from the state government to immediately revert the fee to N48,500 maximum or nothing.

The new fees are:  Education/Education; N193,750,, Social and management science, N223,750; Law; 248,750, Communication/School of Transport, N238,750, Science N258,750;, Engineering, N283,750;,, College of medicine, N308,750.



It will be recalled that following the collapse of a staff of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, last Monday, the management of the university had directed all its students to proceed on recess with immediate effect.

According to the university’s spokesperson, Kayode Sutton, the directive became necessary as a
precautionary measure to avert any unfortunate incident on campus since academic activities were not in progress, following the strike by lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU-LASU chapter since May 20.

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