A student group, Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, has declared a protest against the increment in fees by the management of the University of Lagos.

The spokespersons for the group, Tosin Solanke and Abayomi Godwin, in a statement made available to reporters on Saturday, said it had “become imperative to inform the public of a mass protest against fee hike scheduled to start on September 6, 2023, as students, parents, civil society organisation, informal workers, are set to hit the streets to say enough of untold hardship meted out to us.”

On July 21, 2023, the management of UNILAG announced an increment in the tuition fees of the undergraduate students of the institution, citing “prevailing economic realities.”

The UNILAG management increased the fees from N19,000 to N190,250 for students studying medicine while for courses that require laboratory and studio, the students were to pay N140,250.