ACCOMODATION CRISIS IN OAU

 

Accommodation crisis



     Obafemi Awolowo University was established between 1961 and 1962 and since then the number of student admitted yearly has been increasing even up till date. When the customers available are more than the goods the needs of the customers is affected such is the situation in OAU.

          OAU host a community of about 5,000 staff and over 26,000 students, this number is actually enormous for the hostels available on campus to accommodate the students. As good accommodation and comfortability is essential for students’ wellbeing, they are left with no choice than to hunt for accommodation outside campus which is very expensive, time consuming and stressful.

                 The expenses

     OAU schools fees ranges from 21,000 to 30,000 per session but securing accommodation of campus can be as high as 150, 000 and in some cases 200,000. This actually due to the fact that majority of the landlord take advantage of the competition between the students to hike the price and students are have no other alternative than to pay, the agency fee by agents also add to the increase in accommodation price off campus. Freshers unable to secure accommodation on campus are mostly vulnerable, of cause they know less about how the system and as a result dubious agent take advantage of them. 

           The distance 

Students that can’t afford houses nearby find refuge in places as far as phase 2, sabo, opa lagere, eleweran, modomo e.t.c. The farther the distance the lower the price and closer the distance the higher the price, the more reason majority of the houses close to campus are expensive.

           The time consuming

    The time of most students that stays of campus is badly affected, 90% of the students can afford a ride, they do not only think about the lectures they are having but also how to get to the lecture room on time, some students house is about an hour trek to campus and close to 20 minutes by bus.

 

   The school management is really trying to find a lasting solution to this accommodation crisis and we hope to see a positive in the days ahead

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