Students of the University of Jos continued their protests
today following yesterday's chaos in the school over what
they say is a 100% increase in school fees. The protesting
students set fire in front of the school gate this afternoon,
insisting that school authority must reduce their fees.
The students say the fee was N27,800 but has now been
increased to #60,000. They also say they were forced to
pay for developmental levy which has never been used for
any development within the university. They said all effort
by the student union government to speak with the Vice
Chancellor of the university Prof. Hayward Babale Mafuyai,
was met with a brick wall as the VC refused to negotiate
with the students.
Following his refusal to speak with students, they took to
the streets to protest, blocking all roads leading to the
university of Jos thereby bringing all activities to a
standstill. All university activities was also boycotted
including the exams that was meant to start yesterday 24th
November.
The protests continued today...
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