LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Thousands of Rivers State University final year students, took to the streets to protest against the school management’s policy of “no school fees, no examination.”
The students began exam on Monday and those who were unable to pay their school fees were asked to leave the examination halls.
However, they were seen on Tuesday, 25 October, 2022, carrying placards and protesting along the highway, while calling on the state government to prevail on the school authorities to reverse the draconian policy.
One of the protesting students who spoke with SaharaReporters said: “My father is pensioner and the Rivers State Government failed to pay his gratuity and pension arrears. I wonder why a State University under the watch of a Governor (Nyesom Wike) who doles out money to outsiders, would send indigent students of the state out of examination halls merely because they can’t afford school fees.
“The governor is holding our money in trust for us and should support the students. My father has promised to sell his only plot of land in the village to pay the fees during my clearance.”