Simply_natem

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[Simply_natem @Simply_natem]

#6thSeptember #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudents #RevertFees

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[Omoyele Sowore @sowore]

The Management of @UnilagNigeria and the @policeng must ensure immediate release of @activistfemi and others illegally arrested during #FeesMustFall protests that commenced at the university today. The VC must know that these cowardly acts cannot stop the resistance against the newly introduced school fees.

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

#SaveUnilagStudents
#FeesMustFall
#RevertFees
This would be the beginning of many protests that will shake the regime of exploiters. @officialABAT had better be ready. Nigerian students reject the fee regime. We will not be priced out of education.

[Simply_natem @Simply_natem]

Fighting for education equality! UNILAG students stand firm in their quest for fair fees!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall
#EducationForAll #SaveUnilagStudents

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

#SaveUnilagStudents
#FeesMustFall
#RevertFees
This would be the beginning of many protests that will shake the regime of exploiters. @officialABAT had better be ready. Nigerian students reject the fee regime. We will not be priced out of education.

[Simply_natem @Simply_natem]

The price of knowledge and education should not exclude anyone! UNILAG students demand affordable school fees now!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudents

[Simply_natem @Simply_natem]

Five times the fees, but not five times the quality! We demand affordable education for all! #RevertFees #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudents

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

*PRESS STATEMENT*

*#FeesMustFall:*
*SEPTEMBER 6, 2023- UNILAG STUDENTS DECLARE MASS PROTEST AGAINST FEE HIKE.*

*CALL ON ALL NIGERIAN STUDENTS TO REJECT UNCONSCIONABLE FEE HIKES ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES.*

*DEMAND IMMEDIATE REVERSAL TO STATUS QUO AND PROPER FUNDING OF EDUCATION BY GOVERNMENT.*

It has become imperative to inform the public of mass protests against fee hike scheduled to start on September 6, 2023, as all Nigerian students, parents, civil society organizations, informal workers, are set to hit the streets to say enough of untold hardship meted on us.

Recall that in the wake of the announced fee hike poorly orchestrated by the duo of the Tinubu-led Federal Government and the UNILAG Management, we in the Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike engaged in series of actions to enlighten members of the public of the dangers this anti-poor policy portends for the generality of the people.

Our argument remains that the responsibility of funding public education can not be shifted to poor students and their parents even in a draining economy such as this. We also maintain that the decision taken by the UNILAG Management, supervised by their employers, remains authoritarian, illogical and economically inconsiderate.

It is also important to state that after engaging in a discussion, and for over 4 weeks, the UNILAG Management has failed in its promise to reconvene the meeting with the student delegation.
We are civil and we believe that our civility should be reciprocated with respect, especially from people saddled with the responsibility of serving the public.

The social consequences of this menace at our door steps can not be overemphasized. If allowed to stand, many of our colleagues will drop out, says the survey we conducted. Dreams will be shattered. The social inequality gap will be widened by this inhumane action. Those who will manage not to drop out of school, will drop out of class, i.e- they won’t stay in class, as the fee hike will push everyone to become compulsory hustlers. Lecturers will justifiably sell “hand-outs” openly and bribes for grades will become the order of the day. Cases of sexual harassment for grades will also increase as students who do not stay in class will have to find unwholesome means to “excel” academically.
Our lecturers, some of whom are postgraduate students, including those who are sponsors (parents/guardians) to many students would not be able to afford these fees.
For example, a lecturer (earning a salary of 200,000) who has 2 children in UNILAG will be forced to pay a minimum of 1 million Naira as obligatory and accommodation fees. This is to say our lecturers won’t be able to afford the service they provide. An economy where workers are paid minimum wage of 30,000 has no business with public school fees of over 300,000.

All these social consequences are pointing to a sharp decline in the quality of education in our schools, as against the propaganda of the government and the management. We say No to the privatization and commercialization of education through the backdoor- the student loan scheme.

Evidence in the past has shown that nothing progressive can come out of the fee increment. Fee hikes have been monitored over time and have been found to be anti-progressive. They won’t improve any standard of learning or living conditions.
A very close example is the increment of accommodation fees at the College of Medicine, Idi-Araba in 2019.
The hostel fees were increased from 23,000 to 44,500 but there was no commensurate change in the living standard of students staying in those halls of residence. What then is the assurance that at the new fee- 120,000, there would be any improvement?
Education especially in a developing country, must not be reduced to a profit-making venture for private profiteers.

[Punch Newspapers @MobilePunch]

UNILAG: Student group protests fee hike Sept 6 https://t.co/3SYmqNECVB

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

@cchukudebelu Exactly.
This is what we are clamoring for.
#SaveUnilagStudents
#RevertFees

[Simply_natem @Simply_natem]

No more profiteering from education! UNILAG students stand against the exploitative fees hike! No to commercialization of public education!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudents

[Onye Nkuzi @cchukudebelu]

If an African nation going to subsidize anything, let it subsidize education - at all levels.

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

#SaveUnilagStudents
#RevertFees
#FeesMustFall

[EDUCATION IS NOT A LUXURY @abayomi4278]

Knowledge is power, but it shouldn't come at a hefty price! We want to learn, not burn in debt! UNILAG students demand fair fees for all! No to students loan!. No to political victimizations!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudentsUNILAG #EndSARS

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

The price of knowledge and education should not exclude anyone! UNILAG students demand affordable school fees now!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudents

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

Parents, students and Lecturers are United against this commercialization of public education. Education must be a social investment and not a profit-making venture for some market forces. We reject fee hike in UNILAG and elsewhere.
#SaveUnilagStudents
#RevertFees

[RaliaOnTheRise @ralia_official]

Fighting for education equality! UNILAG students stand firm in their quest for fair fees!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall
#EducationForAll #SaveUnilagStudents

[Tosin the proletariat @commieoflagos]

Quality education shouldn't be a privilege, but a right for all! Stand with UNILAG students!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudents

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

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@femigbaja
@pamilerin
@funkeakindele

#SaveUnilagStudents
#RevertFees
#FeesMustFall

[Simply_natem @Simply_natem]

Our aim is clear: reverse the fees hike, open doors to education for everyone!

#RevertFees #FeesMustFall #SaveUnilagStudents

[Femi Adeyeye #RevertFees #FundEducation @activistfemi]

@DukeMotherland @VectorThaViper @itsLaycon @Joeboy @ProfOsinbajo
@femigbaja
@pamilerin
@funkeakindele

#SaveUnilagStudents
#RevertFees
#FeesMustFall