We Are Done With Fees Issues, Okowa Was Misinterpreted– DELSU VC

Vice-Chancellor, Delta State University
(DELSU), Abraka, Professor Andy Egwunyenga, has said that the hike in fees of the institution was a settled matter and there is no going back on the matter.

Prof. Egwunyenga told Daily Sun on phone that the issue of school fees had long been done with.

Following the uproar that greeted the increase in school fees at the beginning of the new academic session, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had last week directed the management of the institution to liaise with the Student Union Government (SUG) with a view to reducing the fees to acceptable level.

Okowa had explained that the state government didn’t fix school fees for its institutions, but had to intervene in the crisis because of the current hardship prevailing in the country.

Recall that some online reports concluded that the VC flouted the directive of Governor Okowa, saying that the state government called for a review.

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Contacted, Prof. Egwunyenga said the governor was being misrepresented.

The Vice Chancellor said he was not interested in talking about the schools fees, adding that institution was preparing for semester examinations which begin on the 2nd of May.

He said: “I don’t want to talk about that (school fees), that chapter is closed now.”

Asked about the negotiation with SUG, Egwunyenga said “I don’t know about negotiation, that matter is closed long ago, we are no longer talking about school fees.

“People have paid their fees, and we are preparing for exams. I don’t want to talk about all that because people don’t understand what the governor said, he is being misrepresented.

“And I don’t want to join issues with those who are deliberately distorting information.

“All I want to say is that issue of school fees has been dusted long ago, we are starting exams in one week.”