FOR ADEQUATE
FUNDING AND REVERSAL OF FEES
Press Statement
We
of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC) in Ogun state condemn in strongest terms
the neglect of the Ogun Cooperative College, Ijeja, by the Ibikunle Amosun
government. This was partly demonstrated with the exclusion of the institution
from the fee reduction policy recently declared by the state government. While
we in the ERC view the fee reduction as being minimal, it is more appalling
that the policy is not enjoyed by all students of higher institutions in the
state.
The
institution is in a total state of disrepair as a result of conscious neglect
by the state government. The lecture theaters are in dilapidated state while
learning facilities such as libraries are obsolete. The mass of the students in
the institution are left to their own fate.
We
view the state of affairs in Ogun State Cooperative College as a real picture
of the anti-poor disposition of the Ibikunle Amosun regime to education. We
call for qualitative improvement in the infrastructure and facilities on the
campus and adequate funding of the institution. We equally call for the
reversal of the fee hike in the institution in order for students from the poor
working class background to access public education of their choice in the
state.
We
in the ERC are of the fundamental view that the ruling classes are not
interested in adequate funding public education based on the glaring fact it
reduces the amount of public resources to be looted. We call for the struggle
of workers and students for better funded and quality education to be linked to
the struggle to put in power a working people's government at all levels.
AYO ADEMILUYI
Protem Ogun State Coordinator
08148252959
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