OAU Students Protest, lock up officers in teh Senate Building

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, are currently protesting the hike in their school fees.

The protesting students have locked down major buildings in the institution, with principal officers of the university locked up in the senate building.

“We have locked everywhere, including the senate building, computer building, and we are presently blocking the school gate. We are ready for the school management; we don’t care whatever happens to them there. The VC too is around, we want them to also feel what we are going through,” one of the protesters said.

OAU recently increased the fees of newly admitted students from N37,150 and N42,150 to N 82,400, N92,700 and N95,700 (acceptance fee inclusive), depending on faculties.

The fees of old students of the institution were also increased from N5,300, N7,800, N10,300 and N12,800 per session to N19,700, N30,700 and N33,700 respectively for different faculties.

Daily Independent also gathered that Muslims among the students turned the main road to a praying ground.