Subsidy Removal: NANS Demands Reduction In School Fees

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for reduction in school fees across tertiary institutions in the country to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal on students.

The student body equally warned that as laudable as the Students Loan Scheme being introduced by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration, it should not be a springboard for hike of tuition fees across tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

NANS Coordinator, North Central Zone, Shedrack Anzaku, said this in Abuja on Thursday while speaking with newsmen at the official declaration of Deniran Rioborue to run for the NANS Presidency during December convention of the Association.

He said the student body frowns at the development where a lot of public have decided to increase schools without considering the hardships and difficulties Nigerians are going through across the country.

Anzaku said: “What the Association expects is school fees reduction and not increment because the rate of dropout is increasing.

”We frown against all forms of school fees increment because at a time like this when there is numerous hardship across the country.

”We find it hard to understand the increment because in spite of the removal of subsidy, diesel is what schools use mostly and the price of diesel has reduced so we expect reduction in all ramification,” he said.