The decrease may vary between 30 and 40 % and would reduce tensions between the students of the institutions and both LASU administration and the state government.
The Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola has created an Executive Committee, which had to investigate all the issues surrounding the “tuition fee hike”. The government has already received its report.
* The table composed by #SaveLASU activists may "help Fashola" in taking the decision. Photo credit - @Biodunpen
It has been gathered that the committee submitted its findings to the state Executive Council. The council had conducted a five-hour-long fruitful deliberations on the report.
According to the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lateef Ibirogba, the final decision might be made during June 10, 2014, Tuesday, after more thorough checks and analysis.
“On the reduction of the tuition fees, perhaps when we reach the final conclusion on the recommendations made, that is when we will be able to decide if the tuition fee will be reduced or not.It would be recalled that the drastic increase of school fees from a reasonable N25,000 to a jaw-dropping N350,000 has sparked multiple protests, blocking various areas in Lagos, including Ikeja Airport road.
“At the moment, we are yet to reach agreement on the issues. For us to have spent five hours deliberating on the issues, it showed that we are ready to address the issues immediately. It will be premature to reveal what the committee recommended,” the commissioner concluded.
LASU students even marched to Governor Fashola’s office, forwarded an appeal to him, as well as started cooking and dancing in front of the Government House in Alausa, Ikeja.
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