The students of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State have staged another protest over the increase in their school fees, boycotted classes and prevented lecturers from entering classrooms.
Saturday Telegraph learnt that the protest was ignited as a result of the approval of the fee increase by the institution’s governing council. The Council had during its meeting held at the institution on Thursday, approved the fee increase.
Some of the students who spoke on the protest lamented that their school fees had been increased by more than one hundred percent. A student from the Department of Human Nutrition, who spoke on a condition of anonymity for fear of intimidation, said that students in the department paid N58,000 during the last session, but the fees were increased to N138,350 for the new session.
“In our department, Human Nutrition, during the 2022/2023 session, we paid N58,000, and now for the 2023/2024 session, we were asked to pay N138,350,” she said.
Another student from the Department of Animal Science said that fees in the department had also been increased, noting that the majority of the returning students were yet to pay the new school fees.
According to him, “In the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, we paid N70,000 for the 2022/2023 session, and now for the 2023/2024 session, it has been increased to N150,000.
“Most of us have not seen the money. We are yet to pay. The students are protesting now. We cannot attend lectures,” he said.