ASUU to Clash With Lagos Gov. Babatunde Fashola Over Hike in Tuition Fee of LASU

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Oyo- Dr. Nassir Fagge, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, speaking at a symposium organised by the Education Rights Campaign group held at the University of Ibadan has said that the union will resist the rise in tuition fee at the Lagos State University.

According to him, the establishment of universities by the government should be for knowledge acquisition rather than for profit making.

“Universities are not commercial centres for internally generated revenues but knowledge production centres. The new fee introduced by the school would have come earlier than now but it was halted by the intervention of ASUU through a delegation led by Dr. Dipo Fashina.

“ASUU will not support hike in fees in any public university in Nigeria. The union’s final response will be determined by the outcome of the meeting of delegates sent to meet the visitor Governor Babatunde Fashola and the Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof. John Obafunwa.

He further added that "the law which protects leaders from being prosecuted for stealing public money during their reign is against the masses. The law is against those who are daily suffering from the consequences of unchecked stealing and pilfering of the collective wealth of the nation," Nigerian Eye reports.
 

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