Fresh crisis may be brewing at the Imo State University Owerri (IMSU) as students were barred by the school authorities from writing their examinations for failure to pay school fees.
This is coming on the heels of the offer of total free education claims of the state Government for every Imo person in any of the state-owned schools.
At the commencement of examination at the Imo State University on Monday, undergraduates of Imo origin were dragged out of examination halls for failure to present receipts of payment.
One of the affected students, Kingsley Chukwu said security men were stationed at every examination hall, and demanded evidence of payment before admittance into the hall.
According to him, except for students who smartly dodged or collected from others and presented to the security men, were allowed in while others were barred.
The tearful Chukwu who lamented that the development may mean an extra year in school, said “there was no notice, or warning of any sort. We just came and discovered this operation show your school fees receipt before you enter the hall. This is very surprising because we all believed that as Imo indigenes, we are enjoying free education,” he said.
Others who protested the development said the timing was wrong and a deception. A female student, Amaka said “please tell us, how do we tell our parents to give us money for school fees when the State Government is all over the media telling everyone that education is totally free in Imo State,” she queried.
Another student who pleaded anonymity said the development was ill timed because it is second semester examination, when every serious minded student is studying hard to avoid an extra year in school.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Obi Njoku confirmed the exercise but said it was for ancillary fees and not school fees as alleged by the students.
Njoku said, “It is the non-indigenes that were prevented from sitting for their exams over non-payment of school fees. The indigenes of the state were only barred from entering the examination halls over non-payment of ancillary fees and not school fees”.
According to him, ancillary fees deals with sport fees; law dinner; medical fees; adding that it is not the school management that supervises such.
Njoku said many students outrightly refused to pay even after collecting it from their parents and guardians.
He maintained that the free education policy of the state government is still in effect and not stopped as alleged by the students.
Meanwhile, students were seen appealing to the institution’s security men to allow them entry into the examination halls, in other to avoid an extra year.

http://authorityngr.com/2018/07/18/free-education-crisis-brews-in-imsu-as-students-are-barred-from-writing-exams/

Didn't we know the 'free education' was a scam?
Didn't we know that there wasn't anything like free education but a programme designed to deceive the gullible public?

What the hell is the difference between school fees and ancillary fees?
Aren't those things he listed as ancillary fees components of the school fees which were supposed to be free?

Nonsense. Believe the authorities of IMSU and Rochas Okorocha to your own peril.

Rocha's and scam are padi padi