Adekunle Ajasin Varsity Students' Protest Over Tuition Hike Grounds Akure
Scores of students of the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo state have taken to the streets in protest over the hike in their tuition, Sahara Reporters learned on Monday. The protesting students marched through the popular Oba Adesida road to Alagbaka in Akure, the Ondo State, preventing a free flow of traffic as they register their displeasure. The students were armed placards bearing various inscriptions as they chanted solidarity songs in their procession, which grounded commercial activities in the state capital. The students said that the fee increase of 500 % was unacceptable as their parents would not be able to pay. The students were also joined by their colleagues from other institutions who were mobilized into the state to show solidarity over the hike in the tuition fee. They called on the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu led the government to urgently reverse the increase in school fee or face their wrath. One of the protesting stu...