Omokri defends UNILAG tuition hike, says students spend more money on Iphones

Former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri, has backed move by the management of University of Lagos to increase student’s tuition fees.

Defending the hike in a tweet on Sunday, Omokri who suggested that Nigerians liked freebies claimed that many of the students complaining spend more to acquire Iphone and Samsung devices.

“Nigerians are complaining about the increase in Unilag’s tuition fees from ₦19,000 to ₦190,250. Many of those people complaining use phones that cost more than ₦190,250. How much is an iPhone 14? About ₦1.2 million. How much is a Samsung Galaxy? About ₦300,000. How can an iPhone and a Samsung cost more than your tuition, and you are complaining? Where will the money to pay lecturers come from? In that same Unilag, many students drive more luxurious cars and use better ones than their lecturers. Am I lying?” tweet by Omokri read.

Suggesting that Nigeria’s tuition are the lowest across the planet earth, Omokri wrote “In Nigeria, we are just too used to freebies and cheap things from our government. We have one of the lowest tuition fees on planet Earth, if not the lowest, yet, our doctors and nurses are some of the most sought after on Earth.”

‘We can celebrate our birthdays with ₦250,000. We can flex at Obi Cubana’s club with ₦500,000 (you want to pretend that you don’t see the receipts flaunted on social media?) Yet, ₦190,250 tuition for one of the best public universities in Nigeria means ‘Nigeria is finished!'” he added.

Recall that management of UNILAG increased the tuition fee from N20,000 to over N100,000. In a related development the President Bola Tinubu government hiked the tuition fee of Unity Schools from N45, 000 to over N100,0000.

This development had sparked outrage among Nigerians who are yet to recover from the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy.