Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke,  the President of the union said that introducing such a bill in a country where more than 133 million live below the poverty line is counterproductive.

“We have said long ago, in 2017, to President Buhari when they came up with the issue of tuition fees, that every student will pay N1 million, and we said you cannot put that in our agreement.

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“And you cannot use that to negotiate with us, and with the nature of the country we have today, there is no way that will work.

“What will happen is that the majority of students whose parents cannot afford it will pull out of school in anger and you know what that means, they will fight the society back. But let us get the correct information first before knowing the next steps,” he added.NYSC Portal

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