LASU to students: Pay up today or forfeit admission

LASU GATE

AUTHORITIES of Lagos State University, LASU, yesterday, reiterated its stand that old and new students pay their stipulated tuition fees and meet registration deadline which closes today.
In a special bulletin, by the management, new and old  students were mandated to pay the stipulated new regime of fees, which, according to sources, ranges between N193, 750 and N348,750;  N25,000 and N33,250 respectively, before close of work today, or forfeit their studentship.
However, mixed feelings have continued to trail the decision of LASU management, as some students have started paying, while others are yet to comply.
The majority of students, who are yet to make payments, have expressed fears of the unknown, in the decision of the management to forfeit their hard-earned admission into the citadel, after the deadline.
According to them, two weeks are too short for them to afford the stipulated fees proposed by the management.
President, Lagos State University Student Union, LASUSU, Akeem Durojaiye, condemned the management’s decision, describing it as impromptu and an act of insensitivity on their part.
He said: “In fact, the unbannable Lagos State University Student Union totally condemns the draconian policy of Professor Obafunwa, LASU new VC. We have issued a bulletin to this effect, urging students who can’t meet the impromptu deadline not to panic.
“How do you expect a student whose parents earn below the N18, 000 minimum wage to pay N250,000 within two weeks? This is outright wickedness,” he  said, adding, “everything is under God’s control.”
Durojaiye further revealed an order by the school management to arrest members of the union, yesterday. He said: “To our surprise, this morning, (Thursday), the Public Relations Officer of the union, Financial Secretary, Treasurer and 10 other students were arrested by men of the Ojo Divisional Police Headquarters, in what they  (management) termed ‘malicious damages’ of the university’s property.

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