By Omon-Julius Onabu in Warri
Students of the Federal University of
Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE), Delta
State, allegedly protesting an increase in
fees by the university authorities on
Monday barricaded the Warri end of the
strategic East-West Road.
Although the protest was meant to be as
peaceful as possible and without unduly
disrupting social and economic activities of
residents, the protesters later created
barriers on the busy highway connecting
Delta with most South-South states of
Nigeria through the oil city of Warri.
THISDAY learnt that the resort to
barricading the Warri/Effurun-Ughelli
portion of the East-West Road following
breakdown of negotiations between the
FUPRE management and representatives of
the students.
The students claimed that under the new
arrangement, the FUPRE authorities have
directed old students of the institution to
pay N55,000 as against N26,400 charged
previously.
Similarly, the charge for freshers has been
jacked up to N90,000 from the N46,000
fresh students paid in the past.
The students further said several other
charges have also bee increased by the
school authorities, including "Acceptance
Fee" and "Hostel Fee", which the authorities
claimed were meant to "develop the
institution."
The placard-bearing students said that they
wanted to alert members of the public to
the seeming commencement of the process
to commercialize education at the nation's
first specialized petroleum resources
university, stressing that they could not
afford the new fees of charges.
The students also called on President
Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in the
interest of the institution, saying the
sudden increase announced by FUPRE
might be politically motivated and intended
to create fresh crisis for the Jonathan
administration at this critical election.

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eleko1:
JONA's Almajiri sch.Abeg! Make una exercise patience small till MAY,29.VOTE FOR BUHARI FOR PRESIDENT

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