By Joseph Erunke
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has appealed to the management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, to immediately reopen its school fees payment and course registration portal for 48 hours, warning that the closure has left many students at risk of missing their examinations and losing an academic session.
In a statement issued on Saturday, NANS President, Comrade Akinteye Afeez, described the closure of the portal on June 21 as ill-timed and insensitive, especially as the university’s examinations are not scheduled to begin until August 10.
The student body argued that shutting the portal nearly seven weeks before examinations had effectively locked out many students who were still making genuine efforts to raise their school fees amid the country’s prevailing economic hardship.
According to NANS, the development runs contrary to the Federal Government’s efforts to expand access to higher education through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND, which was established to ease the financial burden on students.
