By Nneoma Nze

As the March 1st deadline for all current students of the School of Postgraduate Studies, SPGS to pay their school fees draws closer, the President, ESUT PG SUG, Comrade Johnpaul Ani has said that the leaders of the students are working with the management to find a “common ground.”

The Dean, SPGS, Professor Charles Chime on February 13 had directed all old PG students to pay their school fees on or before March 1st or be considered no longer a PG student if ESUT.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with ESUT Monitor, Comrade Ani said although students are aware of their financial obligations to the University as it’s not a charity organization, however noted that with the current economic situation in the country, his team will engage the management on a dialogue

“We had a general meeting among the whole PG students, and we raised some of these. And we assured them that we would get in touch with the management and let the management know that currently, there is an excruciating economic situation in Nigeria and the need for them to ease the bills of the students.

“The students should work so hard because the university, is not a charity organization. You need to pay to enable the university to pay her lecturers and other workers. So, we are working to find a common ground for both the students and the management,” he said.