Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University  (OAU) have blocked the 
Ife-Akure highway to protest against the recent fee hikes university 
authorities recently implemented.
Passengers on the federal highway were stranded as the students also 
blocked all exit and entry routes linking Osun State to other states in 
the country.
The university reportedly increased the fee of newly admitted 
students into Clinical Sciences and Pharmacy by 267 %, Humanities/Social
 Sciences by 322%, and increased the fee by 253% for students admitted 
into Sciences.
The protesters expressed that they have negotiated with the school 
management to reduce the fee but they have refused to grant these 
requests.
We are trying our possible best to avoid confrontation, but since
 consultation and consolidation have failed, the whole Nigeria must hear
 us again as we did about three years ago. We want peace but we are not 
scared of crisis. We will not allow the legacy of our founding fathers 
to die,” said one of the protesters.

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