Students Beg Fayose To Reduce Fees In State-Owned Tertiary Institutions

The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) on Tuesday appealed to the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr Ayo Fayose to have consideration for their well-being when inaugurated.
The students’ body, through the Ekiti State chapter of the Joint Campus Committee, (JCC) at a news conference in Ado-Ekiti, pleaded with Fayose to reduce the tuition fees.

They complained on what it called, “high school fees” currently being paid by students across state-owned higher institutions.

They pleaded that the incoming government should consider reducing the fees by, at least 60 per cent.
The student body said that, the fees which currently range between N60, 000 and N90, 000, depending on course were on a high side.
They said that, their parents were too poor to afford continuing with education policy that had no human face.

They also charged him to place premium interest in youth employment, to curb the incidence of robbery and crimes in the society.

Chairman of the NANS/Joint Campus Committee, Ekiti axis, Mr Musa Surajudeen, addressed the newsmen on behalf of the students’ body.
He said that the state-owned institutions had been turning out graduates yearly without commensurate employment opportunities.

Musa charged Fayose to implement the reduction to be in tandem with the steps being taken by President Goodluck Jonathan, who he said had reduced tuition fees in federal institutions.

“Students deserve to enjoy comfort through affordable school fees, because it is part of our rights and those of our parents.

“We are demanding that hostels should also be provided in all the state-owned institutions for quality service delivery and to prevent crimes and extortion of students by landlords, “he said.

Musa also canvassed for the granting of autonomy to all the
state-owned institutions for them to be able to respond swiftly to situations, particularly emergency matters.
He said that such could be resolved at the level of the management without necessarily bringing such to the state
government.