Some students of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who reside in private hostels on the main campus in Akoka have cried out over the sharp increase in the fees being charged by private hostels’ promoters in the school.
Some of the hostel promoters have reportedly increased their rent by almost 40 per cent.
Checks gathered that a particular hostel that was rented out for N500,000 last session is now over N710,000 yearly. It is for four persons in a room , while one man room is now N950,000. Private hostels became popular in the university last year because it took a long time for the renovation of the official ones by the Federal Government, the owners of the university. (Vanguard)
