Activities were on hold today at the
main campus 2 of the Delta State University
Abraka, as a section of the student’s representatives popularly
known as National Association of Nigerian
Student (NANS) invaded the
main gate of the institution to peacefully protest against the increment of the
school's tuition fee by an alleged 70% or even more. The students present all
cried foul against the present Vice Chancellor Professor
Victor Peretomode for subjecting the student to such ridiculous
hike in tuition fee.
The students share the concern of the
Vice Chancellor in his attempt to generate the needed fund needed for the
running of the institution but however pointed out that such burden of
generating revenue internally could not be placed on the students and their
parent’s shoulders. This is because, the current economic challenges facing
Nigeria is no fault of theirs, neither is it their parents fault. They also
lamented the fact that most of their parents who are public workers have not
been paid for months and the school expects the respective student to somehow
come up with the tuition fees. According to them, this is an apparent
contradiction since non-payment of salary cannot survive in the same
environment with school fees hike.
Our correspondent reports that the
student came en masse. More so that the school’s main gate had to be shut down
for hours for fear of the protest resulting into violence. Within minutes of
the peaceful protest, vans packed with police officers soon gathered round the
school gate and environs to ensure peace.
The
Divisional Police Officer (DPO), also came to talk with the students and
negotiate ways to make sure the protest does not result in violence and ways to
ensure rapid return of things to normalcy.
After much crunch talk between the
students and the DPO, both parties agreed to allow the students to send along
with the DPO a delegation of the NANS
representatives to the Vice Chancellors office for further talks.
The students promised to return with
even more vigor if talks fail between parties fail. They thanked the DPO for
his advanced leadership quality and both parties proceeded to the Vice
Chancellor’s office. At the time of writing this report the meeting was still
ongoing with outcome still alien.
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