LASU reverses increased acceptance fee to N10, 000

 ‎The Lagos State University (LASU) has reversed the increased acceptance fee for the newly admitted students from N20,000 to N10,000.

This was made known by Mr Adeyemi Onikoro, President, Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU)‎, to news men  on Wednesday in Lagos.

Onikoro‎ said that the university’s authority had updated the website for the new students to pay N10, 000 as against N20, 000.

In his words,``From our investigation, the new students ‎have started paying the N10, 000 as revised,’’ the President  said.

He said the students union is  still negotiating with the university management on the reversal of the indigeneship fee to prevent uprising from the Lagos State ‎indigenes.

``The implication of a refusal by the management ‎not to reverse the indigeneship fee, is that the Lagos State indigenes will be paying more than the non-indigenes in their state owned university,’’ he said.

According to Onikoro, the indigeneship fee‎ must also be reversed so that it will not escalate into community rancour.

``This is not an issue affecting only the students union alone but the National Association of Lagos Indigenes Students (NALIS) and ‎the Lagos State traditional rulers will also seek redress,’’ he said.

 However, LASUSU had demanded a ‎reversal of the fee with immediate effect to prevent students’ unrest. ‎