The management of the University
of Lagos (UNILAG) has immediately pronounced a reversal of the hiked fees
for course registration, and other charges, described as “obnoxious” by the protesting students.
The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic & Research, Prof. Babajide Alo, who addressed the
students as they occupied the senate building, also directed that the
imposition of various charges on students to register separately for General
Studies (GST) courses, be immediately reversed.
He advised the students who had paid to approach their
faculty officers with teller evidence for a refund.
Prof. Alo pronounced that the increased charges from N10,
000 for late registration of courses, to N25, 000, are also immediately
reversed. He added that the registration portals, which had been shut down, are
now immediately re-opened for students to edit their courses for examination.
However, some students have said their protest did not
include the demand for reversal of certain forced Insurance services, called
T-SHIP, costing N5, 000 they have said it is also due to be contested.
"Imagine we were
forced to pay N5, 000 for a health insurance service, and they are making us
pay that same amount again as the premium, which policy is done that way? Is
that not extortion?" Ask one of the student leaders who spoke with reporters
.
Although final year students who are graduating in few days
did not fully participate in the protest, some of them said that they have also
been “over-billed” in paying more than N15, 000 to obtain graduation gowns.
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