UNILAG students protest hike in registration fee, shut down campus

There's a protest currently going on at the University of Lagos. Students are protesting UNILAG authority demanding that some students pay N20,000 for late editing or registration of Course Forms.

The students first converged at the University's Senate Building where they shouted slogans and sang protest songs, demanding that the school ends this form of exploitation today, while accusing their VC of corruption. They left the senate building and went on a rampage through all the faculties in UNILAG demanding their rights.


The students then blocked entrances to the school, preventing cars from going in and out of the campus.

The students claim they registered late because the school management shut the school portal against registration, only for the school to demand an extra N20,000 from students registering late. The police are currently there to calm things down.

UNILAG Students Hold Protest, Shut Down School Over School Fees Hike (See Photos)

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They are angry that they have to pay N15,000 to HIRE their convocation gowns (for the convocation ceremony which holds next week), angry that they have to pay N20,000 to edit their course forms online (late registration fee).
The protesting students claimed the management shut the school portal against registration and began demanding for N10,000, which again increased to N15,000 and N20,000 progressively in the last few days.
At the moment, there are no security men to stop them and even the few lecturers around have shut their office doors to prevent the students from attacking them. More details and photos coming up asap.