…authorities gives 24 hours ultimatum to vacate campus

Massive protests rocked the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Ondo State, as students kicked against the over 300 percent increase in fees by the school authorities.

The angry students, who shut the school gates as early as 6:30 a.m. on Monday, barricaded the busy Akure-Ilesa highway and called for the immediate reversal of the hike by the university authorities.

Displaying placards with various inscriptions and chanting solidarity songs, the students insisted that “the management must return to the status quo; otherwise, the protest will continue until the reversal by the authorities.

Speaking on the protest, the President of the FUTA Student Union (FUTASU), Comrade Olayemi Oluwasoromidayo, said that “it was unwise for the institution to make the move in view of the current economic challenges in the country.

Oluwasoromidayo said that “the student body had met with the management countless times, but it refused to yield to their demands, hence their decision to stage a protest.

He noted that the last increment done by the institution was not up to one year.

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