Protest at Juba University over tuition fees, economic crisis

JUBA – Juba University students are on a protest at the main campus of the university over hike in tuition fees and the ongoing economic crisis which is threatening to throw the country into another level o f poverty.

Speaking to Sudans Post this morning, one protester said the protest was triggered after unexpected rise in tuition fees and also over lack of transport which the student said is a direct result of the ongoing economic crisis.

“We are out today because there is an unjustified increase in tuition fees. The university of Juba has increased the tuition fees despite when they were decreased in 2019 and this is one,” the student protester said.

“The economic crisis is one of the challenges that is facing us. We cannot get cars to come to the University because all the buses are packed because they cannot get fuel from petrol station and this is why we are here today,” the student added.

Another protester said the government should resign because they have now failed to revive the economy and to bring peace in the world’s youngest country which has been in war since 2013.

“These people have failed. These ‘big people’ have failed the country. They have failed to bring peace. They have failed to bring change and improve the economy, so why we can continue to entrust our money, army and everything to them,” the protester said.

“They must go,” he added.