OAU New School Fees Cannot Be Changed – PRO

Started by Shola Sholaz, Aug 22, 2014, 02:37 AM

Shola Sholaz

It could be truth that the economic realities and the dwindling allocation may not support the needs of the university, but have you also considered the fact that most of the parents are also on N18, 000 minimum wage?
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Before OAU decided to increase the fees, we did our homework very well. We went round most of the federal universities including the University of Lagos, Akoka and we discovered that out of all these universities, OAU was the only university where students were paying the most ridiculous fee. We had our points and the Senate of this university ratified everything, and it gave the management of the university go ahead. We must understand the fact that the Senate comprises professors from various disciplines of different faculties of this university. And on the case of parents earning N18, 000 minimum wage, are you saying because of that, the university should not charge fees?
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The students that you are soliciting for, most of them uses BlackBerry, some of them are on monthly subscription of N5, 000 for different communication networks. If N5, 000 x 12 is 60,000, a student in this university who does that should be able to accord his or her education priority.
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Anywhere in the world, OAU remains the university with the cheapest fees. Apart from this, you would agree with me that most of the students here attended private primary and secondary schools where they paid minimum of N40, 000 per term making N120,000 per session. Are we saying that in all honesty, somebody whose parents could afford N120, 000 in a year at secondary level won't be able to pay less than N80, 000 for university education? Or is it because we had made it lesser for people to come in when the economy of this country was buoyant? The students' position cannot in anyway be justified.