Students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, have showed their displeasure over the recent increase of the tuition fees for the 2023/2024 session by about 180 per cent.
It was gathered that the school management increased the fees without consultation with the student body. In one of the Faculties, the increment was from N85228 paid last session to N250,000. In another faculty, the fee was increased from N114,036 paid last session to N300,000.
Meanwhile, in a memo by the students union president, the students were told not to pay the new fees and not to participate in any school activities until further notice.
Some of the concerned students reacted on Twitter (X):
Ass. Gen. Sec. IV, OOU’SUG !(ThePeaceNation)@OlayeraPeace_A: Students that are unable to pay the former school fees slated for 85k, 90k, 114k, 127k that money is always been gathered for them to be able to pay for school fees..Now you increase the school fees to a huge amount…how do you want us to cope with these new school fees.
T Baby@T_Gold4: Is this playinggggg,,,,how do you expect students who are fending for themselves or parents who are taking loan just to send their children to school, how do you expect them to pay this so called hiked school fees😤☹️ This is to muchhh
Love,Marolaby@marolaby: All these outrageous amount for OOU school fees only to graduate and start hustling for ‘100k competitive salary’ jobs..
Oluwatobiloba@Oluwato20459922: I’m writing to express my concern about the recent increase in OOU school fees. This increase will cause financial hardship for many families. I respectfully Urge for the reduction pls🙏
Don Juan of OOU@Tobyofogun: We’ve been silent about the non existent standard teaching and learning procedures, absence of proper and adequate tutoring and the radical educational decisions but this time we won’t allow this!!!
Why is there increment to our school fees without a tangible reason?!!
investor gbogbo oou 💡💚@investor_jnr: Dear VC,can you give a good reason why you’re increasing the school fees!? E soro soke ka gbo! Education must and should be free! Why should fees be killing us!? Stop making life and education hard for us!
