Greatest OOUites! The reduction announced by the Ogun State Government is not just an insult to SUG, it is an insult to the entire OOU Students. Even more insulting is the announcement that the reduction will begin to take effect next session. What does this Governor take us for? Fools? In 2011, he made his campaign promises and told us he would effect a 50% reduction in school fees that will cut across all departments, but till tomorrow, we are still waiting for that 50% reduction. He won and effected less than that and it was a reduction that failed to cut across. So, he thinks we are stupid enough to wait till next session after 2015 election for him to begin the implementation? Also, while negotiations were going on, the student representatives made it clear to the Government that we want OOUs case to be treated independently. We are not only calling for reduction in school fees; we are also calling for adequate funding and completion of the abandoned hostels. Treating all the tertiary institutions together is a deceitful ploy of the Government. How can schools that pay N70, 000 or N80, 000 be treated on the same pedestal with an OOU that pays over N200, 000? It is deceitful and evil and we will not stand for it. OOU Students are not prepared to settle for anything more than N50, 000. OOU Students are not prepared to agree to an implementation that will not take effect from this session. OOU students are done playing the fool and are prepared to correct the insult that the Ogun state government has insulted us. We are not oblivious of the fact that the only argument the state will resort to when faced in situations like these is that our agitations are being sponsored by opposition. We expect the propaganda and will also be prepared to counter it. We are not politicians, our agitations are not political and our agitations are most definitely not sponsored by politicians. We are prepared to cook beans and fry akara for Governor Amosun and nothing; not even the threat of arrest can stop us. James Ogunjimi CDHR Coordinator
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:01:45 +0000
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