Bisola Oyelami, a 100 level student of the Guidance Psychology Department, said the proposed increase may end some quest for an education in the institution.
"Exams were to start today but has been postponed indefinitely," she said, "As it stands there is nothing we can do but wait till the crisis is resolved. I know a few who borrowed to pay their school fees. An increase may stop them from continuing with their education."
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday deployed Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the Lagos State University (LASU) premises, in a bid to quell the student's protest.
The students were however not deterred by the security officials. They insisted that they would not relent in their efforts to reject the hike in tuition fees, as they warned banks in the school’s campuses not to receive payments from any students of parents.
The students are protesting against the planned 700 percent increase in their tuition.
It would be recalled that an October protest on the same issue disrupted the second semester examinations in the school as students were chased out of examination halls to join the protest.
Students obstructed traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway by blocking the road with a seized BRT bus and an articulated truck.
Durojaiye Akeem, President of the Student Union Government (SUG), has said that the increment did not go through due process.
"The ad hoc committe of the state House of Assembly is yet to come out with its report," he said.-daily times
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