Increment in SCHOOL FEE AND YET NO IMPROVEMENT IN WELFARE CONDITION. (dilapidated building, bad toilet etc). And we paid for development fee. The situation of our toilet is so bad that students no longer use them.

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Coupled with some other charges I didn’t and still do not understand, is the #18,000 development fee which was part of the reasons Obafemi Awolowo University management increased its school fees, counting some months behind us. The development fee is a scam or what?

A closer or let me say my personal review of the exorbitant and “holy gholistic” increment of fee early March last year; looking through the estimation given by the management, one out of the 17 listed estimate, I kept on fixedly gazing at the number 15 on the list, then the question that kept on heaping round my thought as ant heap round a cone of sugar was development of what?. An obviously pellucid reason for this question is, so far, the condition OAU has been during the time normal fee was been paid is still what we are now, NO CHANGE!!!, hence my question again, development of what. Well, consoling myself, it was probably meant for building a new giant Senate building so these set of inconsiderate management can continue relaxing in air conditioned offices while we keep on swinging in our erratic and nothing to write home about welfare condition? We’ve had enough patience for our management to make sense but still they prefer our parents hustling to pay them.

It may interest you to know that, the said estimation was as a result of the protest, which saw to the reduction from 74,000 to whatever we have now, is this really not a scam? As far as am concerned, no development whatsoever has been implemented by the management, I may be wrong with evidence, after swindling over 5000 2013/2014 fresh students of #18,000 development levy, and now 2014/2015 set were inevitably victims. Let’s say approximately 12,000 students paid, #18,000 in such folds, that will be a total of? I leave that to the mathematicians to rack brains about. Or maybe my definition of development is what I’m inferring from? Lest I fall a victim of erroneous conclusion.

Let me linguistically analyze the word “development”, or probably what the management mean. Is it what my dictionary defined it to be or what? Well, here is what I have according to lexicographers;

Development is : the act or process of growing or causing something to grow or become larger or more advanced.

Sequel to the above definition, is it then justifiably right, based on the condition of our hostels, lecture halls, that the management have satisfied the above definition of development? To which #18,000 was attached to? I see the word development as used by the management as a canopy to hide their somewhat exorbitant fee, if so, I believe this canopy needs to be fixed before another set of fresh students will be made to pay such canonized fee. Obviously,this situation needs some changes,some trenches need some cutting,some pillars need erecting and the flooring needs some scrubbing.


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AWOLOWO HALL HOSTEL IN PICTURE

THE WELFARE CONDITION IN OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY IS WORSE THAN WHAT WE HAVE ABOVE, THE ABOVE PICTURES ARE JUST TO DEPICT the suffering we student are going through despite the fee hike.

Make I booked dis space.

Hmmm

student can no longer use toilet but bush...

O ga o

Fynestboi:

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guy u sure say nah toilet b dat ,mayb dey xpect mak una tak u nylon enter dia,sh!t insyd d nylon n go throw way am for bush

walemoney007:
guy u sure say nah toilet b dat ,mayb dey xpect mak una tak u nylon enter dia,sh!t insyd d nylon n go throw way am for bush

Sir this is not a joke. I will be happy if you don't take it as one....

That must be awo

noordean:
That must be awo

Yes awo and it's not only awo that's in such state.... Awo is just the top on the list....

Not in the university of Ilorin.
With students union activism and all your noise about 'alut', you have this. What then would be brought before you in the absence of activism?
We don't engage in students' activism, yet our welfare is seldom denied, that's why we are 'better by far'

Temmi001:
Not in the university of Ilorin.
With students union activism and all your noise about 'alut', you have this. What then would be brought before you in the absence of activism?
We don't engage in students' activism, yet our welfare is seldom denied, that's why we are 'better by far'

dindinrin

Nigeria universities bn dey av poor welfare since 1809...

dunno why unilag has refused to release the results of the just concluded Post ume exams, now everyone is thinking they're manipulating it... since last week

uhn

Great Ife.

Chai!! Unyi! Nye ndi ala na aso'm oyi.

Ewwwww *sobs* what's wrong with you people and dirty toilets, building and so on,?

Increase the fees.

Yes...if you want standard facilities in all Nigerian universities.....increase the fees.

In the US....they have pristine toilets in their hostels (some of which look like posh block of flats). And that is because fees in the US cost $20000 and more. Meanwhile in Nigeria....we are paying less than 1000 dollars......because of poverty.....and of course we get bad facilities.

We also have cities with bad mains water supply, and we pay water bills of N6000 monthly.(Or less).

And in developed countries....they pay heavy taxes.....to make sure that the universities get well funded.

Plus....Universities abroad market themselves. How many of you have worn American uni branded clothing here in Nigeria? That is how many US unis make kudi....by sticking their names on shirts , cups, sweaters, etc....and does it work?

If you want good toilet....we may have to pay high fees. Because universities cannot do much on budgets less than $20million per annum....when US universities have budgets up to $250million or more.

Just seeing the pix alone is making my body itch me....

U suppose put viewers discretion nw# omoh Im too bad

HMMMMMM.....

@op,cool down nw....I knew diz places u snapped.it az been abandoned long tym ago.itz part of d old toilets not been used again....Do u tink ever conscious great ife students wud open dia eyes nd watch diz happen upto diz extent....D toilet is located @ Faj

Y I never lived in the school hostel,

Yuck

nawa oooo. This is a zoo

What toilet? Looks like renderings from a zombie apocalypse game. Where's the tuition going?

People just dey snap toilets anyhow, like say na tourist attraction.

;DGreat Ife...Like if u believe we have the best student toilet in Nigeria

omo see as that toilet fine. Am sure the rats and cockroaches using it will very happy their toilet made front page