Describing the reports as mischievous and devilish, he said it was a demonstration of ‘junk journalism.’
In an electronic mail to Vanguard in Ibadan, he clarified that he was never in Abuja and neither did he speak with any medium, let alone issuing any release concerning fee hike in varsities.
He recalled that ASUU was reported in some national dailies as having mentioned names of 38 universities where fees have been increased by their administrations.
Omole noted that ASUU as a responsible pro-public education and masses union must not be linked to independent investigations conducted on education in Nigeria to make it authentic.
ABUAD denies increase in school fees
Meantime, the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has dismissed media reports listing it among 38 Nigerian universities that recently increased their school fees describing the report as absolute falsehood.
In a statement by its Head, Corporate Affairs, Tunde Olofintila, ABUAD insisted that school fees for the institution have not been increased in the last two years.
The statement reads in part: “We want to say in clear, unambiguous and unmistakable terms that the information which was attributed to the Chairman of the University of Ibadan Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Deji Omole, is absolute falsehood with intent to misinform and mislead the public and deliberately distort the facts and circumstances surrounding our fees regime in ABUAD.
“We would like to say very equivocally and unambiguously that very much to the contrary of this spurious and speculative claim and for the records, we have not increased our tuition fees. For the avoidance of doubt, we have not in any way increased the tuition fees from N675,000 to N1,075,000 as claimed in the publication or at all.”
“We make bold to say that our fees have remained the same in the last two years the biting economic recession the country is wading through notwithstanding.’’
NWAFOR POLYCARP
View All Posts By Nwafor Polycarp →
You might also like
Recommended By
Disclaimer
Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof.
Sorry, the browser you are using is not currently supported. Disqus actively supports the following browsers:
Firefox
Chrome
Internet Explorer 11+
Safari
Onomskky • 0 minutes ago
Vanguard as usual with no iota of shame. You published the story without proper verification. You even quote the man's statement word for word.....................junk journalism. ASUU Vows To Resist Increase In Varsity Tuition Fees
June 27, 2017
Group Wants Police To Investigate ASUU Over JAMB's Website
A group, Concerned Stakeholders in Education and Governance have urged the police authority to immediately investigate officials of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) to ascertain if its members have anything to do with the hacking of the JAMB website. In a statement jointly signed by President of the…
April 28, 2017
Post a Comment