FEE HIKE: NANS KNOCKS OAU, STUDENTS MULL PROTEST MONDAY (DETAILS) The National Association of Nigerian Students has tackled the management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the increment in its tuition fees.NANS Public Relations Officer, Giwa Temitope, in a statement sent to The PUNCH on Sunday, said the association had been observing with keen interest the events unfolding in the OAU and “the insistence of the University management to increase fees despite the directive of the Federal government that universities should put fee increments on hold. “The OAU management last week after an initial fee increment, slashed the fees by less than 50% following a meeting it held with the student leaders. But the students’ School Fees Review Committee tagged the reduction as “meagre.””We unequivocally reject this meagre reduction, as the newly proposed fees remain unaffordable for most of our students and fall significantly short of the 50 per centre duction demanded...
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