At about 6am,students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka started protesting against the outrageous increment in school fees,accommodation fees and acceptance fees for new students by the new vice-chancellor,Professor Bartholomew Okolo.
Hostel Fees increased from N9,000 to N25000,WHICH CULMINATES TO OVER 200% INCREASE for the male hostel and an increment from N13000 to N30000 for the female Hostel,which is over 230% increase.
Acceptance Fees for New students increased from N6000 to N25000,WHICH IS OVER 400% increment
Convocation fees increased from N6000 to N40000,over 666%
School fees increased from N39000 to a rumoured N80000
The angry students formed a procession marching round the school premises from which they proceeded to the vice-chancellors house,on reaching the VC's house the students seeking his audience,but they met the premises locked with nobody inside,this infuriated them causing them to,destroying things in his premises,from where they marched round town demonstrating against the school fees increment.


It was a scene to behold,with over over 3000 students carrying placards walking over 30 KM to the Federal Highway in Opi,chanting "Bartho must go" .Some few kilometres from Opi,they were intercepted by Mopol Officers who intercepted the students shooting sporadically into the air.Despite Massive arrests by the police they proceeded to Opi federal highway road ( The link road between the Northern and eastern part of Nigeria),where they appealed to travelers some of whom were Government Officials.


The protest lasted over 8 hours.will upload the videos later for the world to see.Reporting live from Nsukka

this is a very unpleasant situation here at nsukka .come to think of it how many parents in nigeria now can afford that amount of money,not to talk of paying it as school fees.asking batho his plans he said he wanted to turn unn to havard university with his contingency plans, that's nonsense and extorting the nigerian students, the situation haa gone worse with the police shutting the harmless students and leaving many of them hospitalised, may God help us.

too bad

(what da, damn!! bath okolo must go!!)
after chopping so much money from last year's NUGA GAMES, he still wants to chop from poor students, i thought okolo had a sense of students well-being,
bath must have to defend this act publicly, or we go on and spoil His name and UNN's name and every other way I/ we can here on the internet, I WILL MAKE SURE OF THAT AND START A FORUM OF BATHLOMEW OKOLO, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA.
say "UNN" if anyone is with me  here.


StanEKEH, i need to see those videos so that i can froward them to channels TV lagos and silverbird tv, and maybe some other serious/ sincere media houses in Nigeria, the nation + the world must hear and see all this, AMEN!!!

THomas Ahams

The best thing that will happen to UNN is for EFCC to come get Professor Bartholomew Okolo arrested, he is the most corrupt and deceitful Vice Chancellor in the country . almost 40,000 students had already paid N25,000 acceptance fees which amount to over 1Billion naira, unfortunately the receipt bears N2,000
He started his administration by demolishing all the eating places and business centers inside the school premises, without providing alterative and no one talked. He forced 40,000 student to buy shopping forms at the rate of 10,000 which amounted to over FOUR HUNDRED MILLION NAIRA that went to his personal purse, Next he went ahead and increase acceptance fee from 6000 to 25000 and made over N1billion.
While thousands of students were paying 25,000 naira in the bank,2000 receipt were given to them. Then on the University website fresh undergraduates were billed to pay N85,000 excluding sundry fess, which altogether amounts to N125,000.
Convocation fees from N4,000 to N40,000(900% increase) and then school fees for old student was N80,000. all this information was in University Web site befor the demonstration began, after the demonstration it all disappear from the website.
There were two fronts in the crisis. The first involved the secondary students of the institution who were protesting arbitrary fee hike by their school from N30,000 to N60,000. Letters reportedly signed by the principal, Mrs. Ebele Erojikwe and issued to the students earlier on Wednesday sparked off the violent demonstration on Thursday. On Friday when student union government confronted him on the matter, he refused to address them, that why the Union mobilize students for the demonstrations.

THE PROFILE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR

1) He was the Chairman of NUGA committee during Nebo's regime. He ended up leaving most Sport facilities uncompleted, looting the remaining money. Billions of Naira went into his personal purse

2) When he assumed office started demolishing classrooms, restaurants and Computer Centres in the campus with no compensation to the owners, providing no single alternative for stranded students. No place to eat nor type documents.


3)He is arrantly arrogant, snubbing meetings with the SUG severally abusing his fellow professors

5) using SSS, POLICE,,MOPOLS and SOLDIERS to intimidate and harass lecturers and students.

6. Award contract without following the school administration process
7) The only VC in the history of UNN that openly harass the female students sexually.


THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA STUDENTS WANT LEADERS OF THOUGHT IN THE COUNTRY TO ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

(1) What happened to the 1Billion naira realized from acceptance fees
(2)Where is the FOUR HUNDRED MILION NAIRA REALIZED FROM shopping forms sold to 40,000 students at the sum of N10,000 each?

(3)Would the thousand of students who paid the acceptance fee of N25,000 each be refunded, since he is denying of any increase?
(4) Why Would students be issued N2,000 receipt after paying N25,0000?
(5)Would the thousand of students who paid the acceptance fee of N25,000 each be refunded, since he is denying of any increase?

(6) what about those who don’t have 25,000 to pay for the newly increased acceptance fees, would they be allowed to pay
N2,000
(7)Why is the new VC denying that he did not plan for any increase when he already made billions of Naira from the increase?
Why has the New VC failed to address students since he assumed office?

How much more money does he want to make before he allows peace to rain in UNN?

What is the school council and senate doing, if they have not been bribed?

Why do we have such people as leaders in the high institutions?

The answers to the above questions will prove that the VC is not morally and academically fit to govern our University?
What a criminal
What a crook
What is EFCC waiting for?

if mistakly bato ran to my room for safety purposes, wat i will do is that i will harbour him first and lock the door. next is to stab him in his belly to die, stright, no time to waste time,

u culd still go to his house nd stab him there so u wont b suspected

What the hell is the federal government waiting for, oh!
i guess he must have shared some of the loot with the members of the house or something of that sort,
many dark and shady things goes on in UNN,
imagine a Bsc holder(2.2) becoming a lecturer in one of the departments in Biological sciences (Bath Okolo's Faculty), never has it been heard in any well respected universities in this country, talk less of UNN,  more is yet to be revealed, more!!!
BATHO MUST GO!!!

I would like to receive more news about the ongoings in Nsukka University, because here in Austria! many people are very angry about how the students are treated and to say: Education is only for the poor is an absolute disgrace!

Someone did not take on a post , because of these words!
Like you people have seen, this year it is possible to have revolutionary changes - GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!


God be with you!

Please i need info to get an available room in Nsukka (UNN), or do you know anyone who has a place to lease please help!!!