Group slams Daniel over students’ protest

A non-governmental organisation, “Ogun in Safe Hands”, has berated former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, over his comments on the recent students’ unrest that trailed the 61 percent reduction of tuition fees by the state government.

The administration, had in a move designed to bring succour to parents, slashed tuition fees in all its 10 tertiary institutions by between 35 and 61 percent.

While some students hailed the government’s gesture and visited Oke-Mosan to thank the Governor for the action, some students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), denounced the gesture, contending that the 61 percent was not far-reaching enough and that the reduction should commence immediately and not from the next academic session as proposed by the government.

But the former governor, at a political rally in Ota recently, slammed the handling of the unrest by the government of Senator Ibikunle Amosun and tried to incite the students against the government. He claimed that there was no student unrest throughout his regime and that he ran a student-friendly government during his eight years in power.

The NGO however berated Daniel’s comment saying, “It is a shame that Gbenga Daniel attempted to re-write history by spewing barefaced lies. If anything, students in Ogun State endured the most torrid time in the hands of Otunba Daniel.”

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