FUTA Students Protest Against Fee Hike; University Postpones Resumption
Comrade Olayemi Oluwasoromidayo, the president of the FUTA Student Union Government (SUG), addressed journalists, stating that despite numerous meetings with the management, their demands were ignored. The recent fee hike, following one from the previous year, escalated fees to over N200,000 for freshers and N130,000 for returning students, up from N35,000.
AKACHI NOEL 
Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), expressed their discontent through a massive protest at the school's gate against the management's decision to increase school fees. Blocking all entrances, the students demanded a return to the previous year's fee structure.
Comrade Olayemi Oluwasoromidayo, the president of the FUTA Student Union Government (SUG), addressed journalists, stating that despite numerous meetings with the management, their demands were ignored. The recent fee hike, following one from the previous year, escalated fees to over N200,000 for freshers and N130,000 for returning students, up from N35,000.
Oluwasoromidayo declared the continuation of the protest until their demands are met. In response, the university management indefinitely postponed the resumption of students for the 2023/2024 academic session. Adegbenro Adebanjo, the institution’s director of corporate communications, directed students to vacate the campus and hostels within 24 hours.
The management also halted the registration and fee payment processes for returning students for the new academic session. Adebanjo clarified that the university did not open the portal for registration, contrary to public speculation.
