THERE was commotion in Osogbo, capital of Osun, on Monday when protesting students, from the state-owned tertiary institutions, stormed the city to protest what they termed arbitrary increase in the fees regime by the management of their schools. As at today, the tuition fees of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree and the College of Technology, Esa-Oke remain N25, 000 while that of Osun State College of Education, Ilesa and Ila-Orangun is still N20, 000”. “It is pertinent to remind the people that the Aregbesola government, at its inception and without being persuaded in 2011 reduced the tuition fees of all the state-owned tertiary institutions from N45, 000 to N25, 000. Since the reduction in 2011, the government has not put a penny on the tuition fees”. “Government wishes to state that the management of the tertiary institutions are at liberty to fix extraneous fees and are responsible for its regulations; it insists that tuition fees are yet to be increased.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 20, 2017 16:19 UTC