Posted by: UNILAGABROKO
Hundreds of students of the University
of Lagos (UNILAG) have held a peaceful protest on the campus over high
prices of
goods and services within the school campus in Akoka, Yaba.
goods and services within the school campus in Akoka, Yaba.
It was gathered that the protest started
from Sunday and lasted till yesterday. The protest was said to have
been instigated by students who were complaining about rising cost of
commodities that hiked the cost of living on the campus, for which they
blamed management of the institution and business owners.
The UNILAG Students’ President was said
to have mobilized students for the protest that spread all over the
campus. The spontaneous spread of the protest led to immediate closure
of shops and business activities by the school authorities, it was
gathered.
“Imagine, we students are buying sachet
water at N10 per sachet, Indomie super pack sold for N60 in town is N70
here, same as Indomie hungry man size which is N100 everywhere except in
my school where it goes for N110. Also soft drinks in plastic bottles
such as Viju, Fanta, Pepsi are sold for N120 per bottle instead of its
supposed retail price of N100,” one of the protesting students said.
The management’s decision to close down
all shops was communicated to the students via a text message from the
Dean of Students Affairs, and the management was said to have invited
some leaders of the students for talks.
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