Its President, Mr Nurudeen Yusuf, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the reduction was necessary before the commencement of payment for the 2013/2014 academic session tuition.
NAN reports that the students, at its Congress on May 8, agreed that they would not pay the high tuition fee approved by the government. Yusuf said the union had submitted a proposal to Gov.
Babatunde Fashola on April 3 for the reduction of the fee as requested by him. He added that the union having met with the students on April 7 came up with a proposal of N46, 500 for returning students and N65, 500 for fresh students as the new tuition fee.
He said the proposal on the amended fee was submitted to the governor on April 24, including a list of 86 students who withdrew from the institution due to increased fee.
Meanwhile, the state government had on May 13, said it would soon make a pronouncement on a slash of the tuition fee.
Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, the Commissioner for Education, had told newsmen at the 2014 Ministerial briefing in Lagos that government was making efforts to end the crisis in the university.
Yusuf said the union was not ready to accept promises by the government to implement the slash soon, describing it as a political statement.
He added that the reduction had to be implemented immediately before resumption. (NAN)
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