The Visually Impaired Students of Gombe State University have called for help following the recent hike in school fees at the institution, saying such huge increases in their registration fees, among others could frustrate the academic pursuits of vulnerable students and lead to mass drop out of school among students with disabilities.
The development was received by Inclusive News Network following several videos they shared in various fora of social media to air their views with the hope of drawing the attention of Alh. Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, the Executive Governor of Gombe state and other prominent leaders of Gombe state to come to their aid.
INN reports that the video content of the students’ protest denotes a terrible stories of hopelessness on the side of students with disabilities.
Abubakar Arfat Usman, a 300 level student of political science department of the University, said “the protest was borne out of instant necessity to cushion the untold hardships they have faced which worsen off by the current economic challenges.
“As student with disabilities, we used to get western education before now but this time a lot have changed and make it very difficult for us”
Usman Haruna Abubakar, a 300 level student of Islamic education noted “we have been complaining about the unbearable hike in registration fees and we are soliciting for free registration since we have nobody to support us or depend on.”
“We are passionately appealing to the governor of Gombe state to support us with free education in all the levels of education from primary, secondary to tertiary institutions like it was done to our counterparts in other States like Bauchi, Yobe, Jigawa among other States in the country.
“In all these States i mentioned, education for people with disabilities is free. Due to the lack of fund one of our fellow student was expelled from the school, though he later finds a way to rectify the issue, he has suffered so much, so for this reason we are calling wealthy individuals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), politicians to put their helping hands together so as to see to the success of our education.” Abubakar added