Students at The Polytechnic in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday protested the increased hostel refusal fee by the management of the institution.
Prior to traveling to the State Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan, the students stopped at the school gate and the already congested Sango-Poly junction in their hundreds, causing traffic jams. Additionally, all of the roadways inside the Secretariat are shut.
The PUNCH gathered that the hostel’s manager initially charged a N5,000 refusal fee before raising it to N15,000.
Abiodun, a protester whose last name was concealed, said: “We normally pay N30,000 for accommodation every season but for those who don’t want to stay in the hostel, they pay N5,000 refusal fee. But the management just woke up and said that it has increased the refusal fee from N5,000 to N15,000.”
“The management also said the hostel fee is compulsory now for all the students, including those who are not staying in the campus (off campus),” she explained.
Additionally, they expressed their dissatisfaction with the institution’s prolonged reliance of a consultant to manage its operations.
The demonstrators were singing songs critical of the government and saying that the consultant’s actions had hindered the institution’s expansion.
