The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the tuition hike in the Lagos State University which was implemented by the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration.
Dr. Nasir Fagge, ASUU President made this known at the symposium organized by the Education Rights Campaign group at the University of Ibadan.
He said, “Universities are not commercial centres for internally generated revenues but knowledge production centres. The new fee introduced by the school would have come earlier than now but it was halted by the intervention of ASUU through a delegation led by Dr. Dipo Fashina.
“ASUU will not support hike in fees in any public university in Nigeria. The union’s final response will be determined by the outcome of the meeting of delegates sent to meet the visitor Governor Babatunde Fashola and the Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof. John Obafunwa.
Fagge also called for a review of the immunity clause in the Nation’s constitution so as to be able to checkmate the high level of corruption amongst public office holders in the country.
He said, “The law which protects leaders from being prosecuted for stealing public money during their reign is against the masses. The law is against those who are daily suffering from the consequences of unchecked stealing and pilfering of the collective wealth of the nation.”
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