Students in Ekiti State on Thursday trooped to the
streets to protest against high school fees in state-
owned institutions.
Acting under the aegis of the Federation of Ekiti State
Students Union and the National Association of
Nigeria Students, they also alleged that the policies
introduced by Governor Ayodele Fayose were anti-
masses.
Some of the placards they carried read, “Ekiti
Students Pass Vote of No Confidence in Fayose,”
“Primary/Secondary Education Must Be Free In Ekiti,”
“Ekiti Bursary, Nothing But A Scam,” “Blackout in Ekiti
State University”, “College of Education, Ikere Ekiti
Fees Must Be Reduced” and “No To N50,000
Acceptance Fee at College of Health Technology,
Ijero.”
The protest, they said, was to coincide with the 19th
anniversary of the creation of Ekiti State as well as to
inform the public about the “bad government
policies” in education sector.
The protest, which caused traffic at Ijigbo
roundabout, did not escalate as security operatives
prevented hoodlums from hijacking the action.
FESSU National President, Peter Obayemi, lamented
that students no longer had access to bursary from
the state government, while accusing officials of the
state scholarship board of shady dealings.
Obayemi claimed he was detained on the orders of a
top government official in the state because of his
agitation for the payment of their grants.
He said the student bodies would no longer tolerate
intimidation by any government official no matter
how highly placed, saying the Fayose-led
administration had already declared war on students
by its actions so far.
Obayemi said, “We should let the world know that
Ekiti State Government has neglected students. They
organised an education summit and they refused to
invite students and instead they invited artisans,
okada (commericial motorcycle) riders and market
women.
“We are saying no to privatisation of public schools in
Ekiti, we reject all sorts of fees that have been
reintroduced in public schools.
“Government used to pay WAEC fees for pupils, but
this government says it will no longer pay the fees.
We reject all these anti-student and anti-education
policies.
“Many students have lost the joy of being admitted to
the College of Science and Health Technology, Ijero
Ekiti as they were unable to pay the N50,000
acceptance fee before the deadline.
“The Ijero College of Health Science and Technology
is the only school paying such an outrageous
acceptance fee of N50,000 that is non-refundable and
this does not guarantee their admission.”
A NANS executive member, Oluwabunmi Aduloju,
condemned the detention of FESSU leader by the
state government.
He also criticised an alleged policy introduced by the scholarship board that all students of Ekiti origin must come to Ado Ekiti to collect their bursaries.
The Vice-President of the Ekiti State University
Student Union Government, Sunmisola Ogunleye,
said, “For the last one year, EKSU students have been in a blackout and all attempts to address the issue by the leadership of the student body have proved abortive.”
Source: www.punchng.com/education/ekiti-pupils-protest-against-high-tuition/

Where is fayose

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All these will just end as mere noise making. Quote me anywhere.

BTW does d op know the meaning of 'pupil'?

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