Student Group, CSATF, Calls on UISU to Address the Issue of 10,000 Naira Deterrence Fee

Lawal Maruf

The Concerned Students Against Tuition Fee Increment (CSATF) has called on the University of Ibadan Students’ Union President, Samuel Samson Tobiloba, and the University of Ibadan Students’ Representative Council to address the issue of the introduction of the 10,000 naira deterrence fee for undergraduates who are yet to pay their charged fees for the ongoing session.

In a public statement signed by its coordinator, Aduwo Ayodele, and the Secretary of the group, Kareem Abdullahi, the group charged the Samuel Samson Tobiloba led Students’ Union to reject the late fee payment.

They urged the Union to take appropriate steps on all issues affecting the students which are not limited to increments in transportation rates, food prices, inflated and discriminatory accommodation fee rates, and the duplication of fees.

“On this note, the University of Ibadan Students’ Union, led by Samuel Samson Tobiloba, is hereby charged with the ideological responsibility to reject the 10,000 naira late fee policy.”

“It is our demand that the leadership of the Students’ Union, just as students resume the new semester, must reconsider its silence, and even its strategies, especially on all affective issues that students are embattled with. Concerns such as increment in transportation rates, food prices, inflated and discriminatory accommodation fee rates, duplication of fees (laboratory fee, studio levy, ID card) among other concerns. We urge the Students’ Union to be firm and to reject the most recent “late fee payment,” the statement read.

Condemning the introduction of the deterrence fee, the group also implored the University management led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, to dissolve the imposition of the fine on undergraduate students who have not been able to pay the charged fees.

“We, unequivocally condemn, and implore the University of Ibadan management team, led by its Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, to rescind its decision, which implicitly imposes a compassionless fine on students for their inability to pay the queue of charged fees apportioned.”