MAPOLY Students Protest Increase in Fees

Cursory: The students from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday, October 9, assembled at their school gate to protest the hike in acceptance fees for newly admitted students

The students from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, gathered outside the school gate as early as 7 a.m. to protest the hike in acceptance fees for newly admitted students.

They were dishing out slogans like; #No to Tuition Fee Increase, #Rector Must Go, #Release our Result ASAP, and others.

Uniformed officers of the Nigeria Police Force were also present at the scene.

It was gathered that some of the issues protested by the students included delays in results, a shortage of teaching staff and an increment in the acceptance fee for fresh students.

The students’ union president, Babatunde Adelola, stated:

“We have many reasons to protest. Recently, the school said they are not getting funding from the state government and they need to generate funds internally which was why they increased the acceptance fee from N35,000 to N50,500.

“Aside from the hike in fee, the delay in the release of our result is affecting students. For instance, those who graduated last session are yet to be mobilised for service, I am in HND 2 second semester and I am yet to see the result of the exams I did in HND 1 second semester.

“This is affecting students because they do not know their academic standing and how well to prepare for the next exams.”