Activities were on hold today at the main campus 2 of the Delta State University Abraka, as a section of the student’s representatives popularly known as National Association of Nigerian Student (NANS) invaded the main gate of the institution to peacefully protest against the increment of the school's tuition fee by an alleged 70% or even more.

The students present all cried foul against the present Vice Chancellor Professor Victor Peretomode for subjecting the student to such ridiculous hike in tuition fee.

The students share the concern of the Vice Chancellor in his attempt to generate the needed fund needed for the running of the institution but however pointed out that such burden of generating revenue internally could not be placed on the students and their parent’s shoulders.

This is because, the current economic challenges facing Nigeria is no fault of theirs, neither is it their parents fault.

They also lamented the fact that most of their parents who are public workers have not been paid for months and the school expects the respective student to somehow come up with the tuition fees.

According to them, this is an apparent contradiction since non-payment of salary cannot survive in the same environment with school fees hike.

Our correspondent reports that the student came en masse. More so that the school’s main gate had to be shut down for hours for fear of the protest resulting into violence.

Within minutes of the peaceful protest, vans packed with police officers soon gathered round the school gate and environs to ensure peace.

The Divisional PoliceOfficer (DPO), also came to talk with the students and negotiate ways to make sure the protest does not result in violence and ways to ensure rapid return of things to normalcy.

After much crunch talk between the students and the DPO, both parties agreed to allow the students to send along with the DPO a delegation of the NANS representatives to the Vice Chancellors office for further talks.

The students promised to return with even more vigor if talks fail between parties fail.

They thanked the DPO for his advanced leadership quality and both parties proceeded to the Vice Chancellor’s office. At the time of writing this report the meeting was still ongoing with outcome still alien.

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Source :jackmosesblog..com/2016/10/delsu-shutdown-over-increment-of-school.html?spref=fb

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