UNN Students Cry Out Over N75,000 Compulsory Laptop Fee

Students of the University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, UNN, yesterday, urged the Minister
of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu to
quickly intervene over the compulsory laptop
fee foisted on them by the university
authority.
New students of the university, who spoke to
newsmen in separate interviews, described
the N75,000 compulsory laptop levy as
arbitrary.
It was gathered that the university
administration had recently introduced a
mandatory policy, wherein all the students
are being forced to own a laptop.
One of the new students described the policy
as inhuman, noting that, “it is so sad that
they are making education so difficult for the
poor.
“With this policy, we would now be paying
close to N200,000 in a federal university per
session. This is wickedness.
“As I speak to you, I’m helpless because my
parents don’t have that kind of money. It is
wrong for anyone to make computer
ownership compulsory. It should be a matter
of choice. The management should not use us
to make money.”
Also speaking another student called on the
education minister to call the vice chancellor
to order.
“We are begging the minister to urgently
intervene because they are turning this
university to a market place.
“If the vice chancellor is interested in doing
laptop business, he should find a market for
it, not placing such burden on poor students.
“Some of our parents are leaving on
N18,000 minimum wage; now they want
them to pay N200,000 as school fees for one
session. This is wickedness of the highest
order. This computer ownership should be by
choice,” he stated