UNIOSUN:"The school Is broke" says VC

The Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, UNIOSUN, Professor Labode Popoola, poured out his grievances that the university is broke and could not meet all its financial obligations following the state government’s withdrawal of subvention to the institution and the failure of the students to pay their school fees.





Professor Popoola at a discussion between the management of the university and all the stakeholders to iron a way out of the economic re facing the university, said that more than four weeks into the second semester, more than 60 percent of the students are yet to pay their school fees.

The VC stated that the university management had taken into consideration the economic recession facing some parents by allowing the students who are yet to pay their school fees to attend lectures, but this had been grossly abused by this set of students.

“We also asked some of these students to take the advantage of the various construction works going- on on our campuses that they can engage themselves during their free period that can fetch them money that can be used to pay their fees, but none of them take advantage of this”, he added.

Professor Labode Popoola

He disclosed that the management of the university have resolved that from Tuesday June 13, any student who fail to settle all their financial indebtedness to the institution would not be allowed into the lecture rooms.

It was gathered at the round table that some of the defaulting students have collected the fees from their parents but preferred to spend the money on schemes such as MMM, pool bettings and yahoo yahoo.

At the discussion table are also leadership of the parents association, students union, ASUU and other labour and industrial unions in the university

Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo, Prof. Labode Popoola, has identified over-dependence on mono product economy, inability to understand what good leadership is about, poor business planning and management, among others, as some of the challenges currently confronting Nigeria.



Olorode Yetunde
Reporting