On Thursday, The Students of Lagos State University stormed
the office of her Governor at Alausa, Ikeja likely not to leave the buildings
until there is a fall in the Tuition fee and also their fellow arrested students
was freed unreservedly.
Funny enough, the female student swung into action by
setting up a local kitchen of firewood and also cooked beans in front of the
office of the Governor. This is also an attempt to show their seriousness about
the protest. While there was a heavy rain downpour, the students denied the
presence of the rain as they were seen singing and dancing solidarity songs and
were also chanting prayers of intervention.
The SUG President, Yusuf Nurudeen, said the students choose
to fight against the fee hike until the issue is resolved by the State
Government. He went further to say, “If the governor refuses to come out, we
will remain here until he comes out. If the governor can respond to issues that
are less important than this, he should come out and respond to the students of
the state he governs. Our school has been shut down. Students are dropping out
of school on daily basis. We decided not to engage the party leaders because people
in government do not understand any Language. The Language they understand is
protest”.
Unfortunately, Gov. Fashola was said to be in Port Harcourt
at the said time. He was in Rivers to attend the Nigerian Governors Retreat
Forum but Aderemi Ibirogba, Commissioner for Information and Strategy and Kayode
Opeifa, Commissioner for Transportation said the issue on of the tuition fee
would be discussed on/before 9th of June.
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