Former LASU vice-chancellor’s tuition comment was taken out of context, aide says
An aide to former Lagos State University Vice-Chancellor Prof Olatunji-Bello says a remark concerning a ₦1 million tuition fee was misunderstood. The spokesperson said the comment, made during an interview with PUNCH, had been taken out of its intended context.
An aide to former Lagos State University Vice-Chancellor Prof Olatunji-Bello says a remark concerning a ₦1 million tuition fee was misinterpreted. The spokesperson said the comment was taken out of context from an interview with PUNCH. The supplied statement does not provide the full wording of the original remark or explain which part of the interview led to the misunderstanding.
The clarification concerns tuition fees and the amount of ₦1 million. It does not, in the available material, establish whether the figure was presented as an existing charge, a proposal, an example or a reference to another issue. The aide’s position is that the former vice-chancellor’s words did not carry the meaning attributed to them after the interview.
No further explanation of the intended meaning, or details of any university fee policy, were provided in the statement. The clarification was issued in response to attention surrounding the remark. The source material refers readers to a PUNCH report for more information, but does not include additional comments from the university, students or other parties.
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