"It is better for us to pay for what we did than to pay for what we did not"
They've been extorting from us, no one complained. We kept mute and they regarded us as "GP conscious students". People think we protested only because of the N10,000 increment in tuition fee. No! That was not the only reason. Our protest was as a result of accumulated anger.
Only FUTOITES know the real reason. For the 2016/2017 academic session, they increased the tuition fee. We didn't complain, we paid. Acceptance fee was increased, we paid. Hostel accommodation fee was increased, we paid. Course registration fee was increased, we registered.
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»FUTO PROTEST 2017
» VOICE OF A FUTOITE
» FUTO MATRICULATION CEREMONY SCHEDULED
» FUTO MATRICULATION CEREMONY POSTPONED
That's not all. Some of the things included in the school fee were also paid again in the school (medical fee, SUG dues, library fee etc). They claimed that the initial increment was for "enhanced ICT", promising us WiFi in lecture halls and hostels. We are almost at the end of Harmattan semester but still no WiFi. You go to the medical centre only to receive half of the drugs prescribed by the doctor, asked to buy the remaining and forced to sign that all drugs were collected by you free of charge.
We have been neglected for so long and there was need for the protest. Why give students ultimatum for the payment of tuition? All our complaints have been neglected.
We are glad that our message has been passed. Since the SUG failed to speak for us, we have done it in our own way. And I think our voice was loud and clear.
-Benjamin
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