Dele Ashiru

How public varsities increase fees in defiance of FG directives

How public varsities increase fees in defiance of FG directives

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has reiterated its decision to halt the increment of tuition fees in our public universities, adding that there are no justifiable reasons for it.It however lamented that institutions that are tempted to increase fees under any guise do so to survive lack of funding  by  government.ASUU-UNILAG Chairman, Dr Dele Ashiru who spoke with Vanguard said: ''There can be no justifiable reasons for universities to hike fees in a country where since  1999 till date  government spent N1.3trillion of public money in bailing out failed banks.Only last month, the  government of this country spent N800 billion to bail out Skye Bank in the new metamorphosis they call Polaris Bank, he said''.