UNIPORT Students Join Countrywide Protest Against Tuition Fee Rise

Dozens of disgruntled students from the University of Port Harcourt poured into the streets in protest against increased tuition fees.

A peaceful rally was sparked by a recent rise in the school fees. UNIPORT students joined their counterparts all over the country:

• LASU students marched to Governor Fashola’s office, forwarded an appeal to him and even started cooking and dancing in front of the Government House in Alausa, Ikeja. Later they blocked various areas in Lagos, including Ikeja Airport road.
• Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) students have held a presidential convoy hostage in Ile-Ife, Osun State on May 22, 2014, Thursday.
• University of Lagos (UNILAG) has been shut, angered students blocked entrances protesting against tuition fee hike.

The drastic increase of school fees from N25,000 to N350,000 has forced students out into the streets to say their final word. The protest engaged the police but there was no violence and no one was hurt. The students called on to continue protests till the problem with fee rise is solved.