Hundreds of students of Oyo State origin under the platform of Federation of Oyo State Students Union (FOSSU) on Monday alleged that Oyo State Government under
the leadership of Senator Abiola Ajimobi has “duped” no fewer than 20,000 students from the state in the name of bursary.


The students made this declaration when they protested against hike in school fees, unpaid bursary and persistent strike by
lecturers in tertiary institutions owned by the state government on Monday in Ibadan, the state capital.

FOSSU’s National President, Azeez
Sharafudeen while speaking with
journalists during the protest that started at Total Garden and ended at the state Secretariat, Agodi Ibadan, said that the state government was not ready to pay the bursary yet it “dubiously asked our students to purchase the form online with N1,200 per head thereby generating millions of naira”.

Sharafudeen while speaking further threatened that there will also mass mobilisation if the government fails to attend to their needs within 21 days.

Read the full statement…

Press release from the National Secretariat of the Federation of Oyo State Students’ Union [FOSSU], on Monday, 29th of October, 2018 over the underfunding of
educational sector and perpetual strike actions in all state-owned tertiary institutions and the non-payment of indigenous students bursary/grant.

Thousands of indigenous students across the country gathered today to protest against bad educational policy in the state , unjust skyrocketing of tuitions fee,
incessant strike action in all state-owned institutions, over-crowding of students in lecture rooms, imposing of illegal levies on
students in the name of generating IGR for state-owned schools, semi-privatization of
state-owned institutions, lack of teaching materials & aids in schools, lack of infrastructures in school and failure to fulfill the signed MOU over the payment of
students bursary and other issues on education in the state.

Today, thousands of indigenous students in the state have resolved to come out in a well-applauded democratic measure to
inform the general public, the plight bedevilling the state of education and students’ well-being in the state. Today’s
commitment has taken a page in the history of the state, yes!
The planned mass demonstration is dedicated to every mind, who continued to feel unjust, discomfort and not pleased with the provocative circumstances
ceaselessly visiting the educational sectors of the state, where the human resources and the material values hosting the
academic terrain scathe continued to suffer setbacks, as the degradation keeps resurfacing in the system. Entire students of the state under the leadership of
Comrade Azeez Akano stating categorically right from inception into office as National President has been proving to be resolute,
radical and coordinated wing of students movement. This has provided us with enormous opportunity to maintain our cordial affairs with the APC – led
government of the state, regardless of unwelcoming treatment we continue to
receive at our ends.

It’s considered imperative to inform the members of public society and the international community as the derelict state of education calls for public concerns.

The government of the state under the leadership of Governor Abiola Ajimobi in recent time, as part of its ability to enliven the inclusion of students’ responsibilities in government, by charting a template to ensure students enjoy the bursary scheme and scholarship grants, but we can say, this was only done to defraud unsuspecting numbers of students who applied through online – registration with
sum of one thousand two hundred naira [N1,200] as processes involved were found to be fraudulent and it was an act to
extort students.

Even from the record, 2012 was the last year, students’ bursary/grants were included in the budget of the state, though
was done with series of manipulations and irregularities, where bonafide and genuine students of the state who duly
registered as a member of FOSSU were unable to appear in the beneficiary list.

The spinning out of this wicked situation seems to be reflecting in the present consideration giving to the bursary scheme by the state government, Education sector, bursary scheme and
scholarship grant as a major benefit that integrates and includes students into governance has hence facing unfavourable
treatment by the state government.

Recently, the umbrella body of all
indigenous students of Oyo State, FOSSU, has rightly raised alarm on the double-standard play out of the state government over its


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