UNN Students Outraged Over Compulsory N75, 000 Laptop Fee

ENUGU — Students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, on Tuesday, implored the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu to come to their aid over the compulsory laptop fee foisted on them by the university.

Reports indicate that the university recently introduced a mandatory policy, requiring that all students own a laptop.

According to a Vanguard report, a freshman student of the university 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.”

Another student had this to say: “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, while asking that the minister call the vice chancellor to order.