Association of the Nigerian Students on
Sunday urged Governor Babatunde
Fashola to consider a downward review
of the Lagos State University tuition.
The state Chairman of NASA, Yaqub
Eleto, in Ikeja, said the fee currently
paid, which he described as exorbitant,
was the root cause of the perennial
crises in the school.
Eleto said, "The new fee regime is a way
of unfair social stratification between
the rich and poor. It will forever linger
in our memory if the governor could
consider our plight."
The state NANS chairman commended
Fashola for increase in the funding of
LASU in the last five years, saying the
institution now had ongoing projects like
the ultra modern senate building, Main
Library complex, Students Union
building, and Faculty of Science complex,
among others.
Eleto said LASU students were tired of
interruption in their academic calendar
as a result of the six months ASUU
strike, adding that they did not want any
unstable academic calendar anymore.
He warned "desperate politicians that
wanted to further fuel the problems in
LASU" to steer clear of the school,
saying LASU was not a place to score
cheap political points.
The state student leader explained that
the January 23, 2014 violence in the
institution was due to "gross
mismanagement of an imminent but
avoidable crisis" by the LASU vice-
chancellor.
He said, "We, as the apex coordinating
student's body in Lagos State, have
never encouraged violence. Again, we
do not encourage students to disobey
guidelines and regulations of their
schools on administrative matters.
"Students leaders and affected students
pleaded endlessly with the VC all to no
avail. Ultimately, the crisis has propelled
the LASU tuition to the front burner of
public discussions. We are appealling to
the governor for critical downward
review because of its remote and long
term effects."
Eleto said the students body in the state
would continue to engage schools'
authorities in the state and the
government on issues relating to
students' welfare.
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