JUST IN: LAUTECH Students Protest Fee Hike To N250,000 (Photos)

Scores of students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology , Ogbomoso , trooped off to the streets of Osogbo , the Osun State capital, on Tuesday morning, to protest the hike in the fees introduced by the management of the university .

LAUTECH is jointly owned by the governments of Oyo and Osun States .

The protesting students , who are armed with placards with various inscription rejecting the hike are mainly from the College of Health Sciences of the university located in Osogbo .

The protest has been peaceful while policemen are monitoring the situation to prevent hoodlums from hijacking it.

The student said the new fee regime of between N 200, 000 and N 250, 000 per student was unacceptable describing it as a manifestation of the insensitivity of the governments of the two states .

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One of the leaders of the protesting students , Israel Fawole, who is also the Chairman of Save Education and Reopen LAUTECH Students Coalition, denounced the hike , saying the increment was an attempt to privatize education.

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LAUTECH students protest hike in school feesMass Protest as Students ground LAUTECH over hike in fees (Photos)