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University of Jos protest: Students, management agree to dialogue

Students of University of Jos have agreed to suspend their ongoing protest against the school authority following the increment on levies and charges on accommodation … Continue reading University of Jos protest: Students, management agree to dialogue


Students of University of Jos have agreed to suspend their ongoing protest against the school authority following the increment on levies and charges on accommodation and other basic services in the campus as management also agreed to dialogue with the students’ leadership.

The acting President of the Student Union Government, Nanlop Maya said the school management has accepted to negotiate and discuss the students’ grievances in a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, hence the suspension of the protest.

She also disclosed that efforts are been made to shift the deadline for payment in order to avoid extra charges for late registration.

The students had last Thursday staged a peaceful demonstration against an alleged 150 percent increase in fees by the school’s management.

The placard-carrying students took over the main gate of the Bauchi Road Campus of the university condemning the increase and demanding a reversal.

Some of the placards read: Daylight rape; Our parents are government workers and have not been paid; Many parents cannot afford the increase, among others.

Ms Maya, who led the protest, had told reporters that the increase amounted to “commercialisation of education” and a demonstration of “the insensitivity of the school management to students’ plight.”

She said efforts to meet with management to discuss the matter were rebuffed, adding “I led a delegation of the students’ union body to negotiate with the deputy vice-chancellor, academics, over the increment in fees.

“However, we were denied audience. To my surprise, he said a mere student cannot interact with him,” she had said.