No Fuel, No Lecture: FUOYE Lecturers Demand Fuel Money from Students to Teach

The Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) has been rocked by a controversy over the demand of some lecturers for fuel money from students to come to class for lectures.

The lecturers claimed that they could not afford to pay for the high cost of fuel, which had increased due to the removal of subsidy by the federal government.

According to some students who spoke to Newsmen, the lecturers asked them to contribute N500 each to enable them to buy fuel for their cars and generators.

The students said that they were shocked by the request, as they were already struggling to pay their school fees and other expenses.

One of the students, who identified himself as John, said that he was in his final year and had only two courses left to graduate. He said that he had paid his school fees and was expecting to attend his lectures, but he was surprised when his lecturer told him that he needed to pay N500 for fuel before he could teach him.

He said, “I was shocked when he told me that. I told him that I had already paid my school fees and that I had no money to spare. He said that if I did not pay, he would not teach me. He said that he was not a charity worker and that he needed to buy fuel for his car and generator. He said that the government had increased the price of fuel and that he could not cope with it.”

Another student, who gave her name as Mary, said that she was in her second year and had four courses to take. She said that two of her lecturers demanded N500 each from her and her classmates to come to class for lectures. She said that she refused to pay, as she had no money and that she had already paid her school fees.

She said, “I told them that I had no money and that I had already paid my school fees. They said that they did not care and that they needed the money to buy fuel.

“They said that they could not teach us without fuel. They said that the government had removed the subsidy and that the price of fuel had gone up. They said that they were not slaves and that they needed to survive.”

The students said that they reported the matter to the school authorities, but nothing was done about it. They said that they were frustrated and confused, as they did not know what to do. They said that they wanted to learn and graduate, but they could not afford to pay for fuel.

They appealed to the federal government to intervene and resolve the issue of fuel subsidy and price hike. They also called on the school management to sanction the lecturers who were demanding for fuel money from them. They said that the lecturers were exploiting them and violating their rights to education.

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