The Governing council chairman of LAUTECH, Prof. Dapo Afolabi, rejects proposed 90k/100k proposed nee tuition for 300-500level students, insist on 140/170k across all levels for indigene and non- indigene students respectively

The information reaching us at an early hour of yesterday, Wednesday 31st October 2018, had it that the governing council chairman of Ladoke Akintola University of technology LAUTECH ogbomoso, had since declined the proposal brought before the council by the management for consideration on the new fee regime. This development, we gathered was born out of the believe of the council chairman that, education is not for the masses but for those who can afford it, as he has been caught on several occasions saying, the parents of the students should sell their properties if truly they intend sending their wards to school and those who couldn’t afford the new fee should go back home. Our intelligence, also gathered that, the council chairman who had earlier requested five hundred million naira (#500,000,000) from the school purse to purchase official vehicles for the governing council members, insisted on the outrageous amount to be paid by students considering the fact that their tenure may be brought to an early end, since there will be change in government comes early next year, has been sourcing means to gather enough money to cater for their retirement as council members.
Professor Dapo Afolabi, who was once a member of the teaching staff here in LAUTECH before, and has served as the head of service to the Nigeria government under President Goodluck Jonathan’s adminstration before been appointed as the chairman of the governing council of the institution, as been perceived to be a capitalist who believes wealth are distributed evenly and everybody should be able afford anything at any price.

Of course that's the plan.
Make sure children from poor background don't get education so that they won't be able to wrestle with the rich

The real problem is with those alleged poor Nigerians.
How can you expect govt to do everything for everyone forever. It is this pressure on govt that cant make us diversify from oil.

DynasTee:
Of course that's the plan.
Make sure children from poor background don't get education so that they won't be able to wrestle with the rich

There are federal universities offering their services at cheaper rate. It is advisable that students apply to such schools. Most state school lacks inadequate finance to run. It is either they shut down this school or raise the fees to sustain it. Since the governors have refuse to listen to students, the university management had no choice than to increase their fees.The prof's assertion is actually correct. He was blunt about the true state of things. University education is expensive generally, however, the university council should have made provision for scholarship or reduced tuition fee for those whose CGPA are high. The state government should invest in those who with good grade. But if after increment nothing seems to change then it is a wasted effort.

CodeTemplar:
The real problem is with those alleged poor Nigerians.
How can you expect govt to do everything for everyone forever. It is this pressure on govt that cant make us diversify from oil.

If the government had judiciously used our resources during oil boom, we wouldn't be were we are. It is out of greed and selfishness that had many schools to admit beyond their capacity.

asuustrike1:

If the government had judiciously used our resources during oil boom, we wouldn't be were we are. It is out of greed and selfishness that had many schools to admit beyond their capacity.

Let them reverse the over population trend then. The oil boom came and all 36 states squandered their own share so what are we talking about exactly?

asuustrike1:

There are federal universities offering their services at cheaper rate. It is advisable that students apply to such schools. Most state school lacks inadequate finance to run. It is either they shut down this school or raise the fees to sustain it. Since the governors have refuse to listen to students, the university management had no choice than to increase their fees.The prof's assertion is actually correct. He was blunt about the true state of things. University education is expensive generally, however, the university council should have made provision for scholarship or reduced tuition fee for those whose CGPA are high. The state government should invest in those who with good grade. But if after increment nothing seems to change then it is a wasted effort.

just yesterday I read about 3 UK universities about to go bankrupt. University education isn't JAMB lesson oh.

CodeTemplar:

just yesterday I read about 3 UK universities about to go bankrupt. University education isn't JAMB lesson oh.

I wonder. If about 3 universities in UK wants to go bankrupt then I wonder what would happen in Nigeria

CodeTemplar:
Let them reverse the over population trend then. The oil boom came and all 36 states squandered their own share so what are we talking about exactly?

A minister suggested reducing our population many persons castigated her. If we like wait till tomorrow, if we don't check our population, it will be disastrous