Tuition In LASU Isn't Enough For Workers’ Salaries
According to the authorities of Lagos State University, the tuition that the students pay cannot provide the salaries of workers even for three months.
As it was claimed by the Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Prof. Oladapo Obafunwa, that students’ tuition fees are not enough to pay university workers’ salaries for at least three months. He also added that the Government of Lagos State will invest around N9bn in the school this year. This was announced at the 2013/2014 matriculation. All of the students were encouraged to shun anti-social behavior.
There were 1582 candidates that were already offered provisional admission, out of which 1119 had already paid their tuition fees.
According to official university info, new students pay N190,000 -- N400,000. As for the disciplines, the fees differ with N193,750 for Arts/Education, N223,750 for Social and Management Sciences, N248,750 for Law; N238,750 for Communication/Transport, N258,750 for Sciences, N298,750 for Engineering, N348,750 for Medicine.
This tuition has been introduced three sessions ago, that resulted in many controversies including the demonstration of students which led to the institution being shut down for three days in January. The students protested against the closure of examination portal after some of them were unable to pay the fees, and went on to destroy property worth millions of naira.
The Vice-Chancellor noted in his statement that the university was not relying solely on their tuition fees to run the school. He praised the government of the state as the administration of the Governor, Babatunde Fashola, proved its commitment to support school and students.
Obafunwa claimed that the state government is going to provide N6bn for university expenditures and more than N2.5bn for capital expenditures.
“The joy of today will be short-lived if the students are unable to complete their programmes due to academic deficiencies. Parents and guardians are, therefore, implored to join hands with the university in nurturing the minds of these freshmen for a brilliant, better and rewarding future as the future of this nation depends on them. You should monitor their performances and ensure that they remain on the path of academic excellence.” “Parents should warn their children to avoid cult related activities. Cultism is evil and those who participate in it are not only wreaking havoc on themselves but on the society. Penalty for cultism is expulsion, ”
Source: Legit.ng
