{"id":57189,"date":"2017-04-11T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=57189"},"modified":"2017-04-11T17:21:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:21:25","slug":"u-s-university-threatens-sack-nigerian-students-gov-dicksons-failure-pay-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/u-s-university-threatens-sack-nigerian-students-gov-dicksons-failure-pay-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S University Threatens To Sack Nigerian Students Over Gov. Dickson&#8217;s Failure To Pay Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one Bayelsa students on scholarship at the Lincoln University<br \/>\nPennsylvania, USA, have appealed to the state government to pay their<br \/>\nschool fees to prevent their expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>The undergraduates, who are in their final semester at the tertiary<br \/>\ninstitution, appealed to the government to immediately initiate payment<br \/>\nprocess to avoid jeopardizing their continued stay in the institution.<\/p>\n<p>One of the students, Akpos Akins, told newsmen via telephone from<br \/>\nPennsylvania, USA, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1988216485\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> that the school authorities alleged that the<br \/>\nestimated outstanding fees stood at about $970,000.00 dollars (about N300<br \/>\nmillion).<\/p>\n<p>Akins said that since the payment for the first session, subsequent<br \/>\npayment had not been regular.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the university would not even honour payment by students<br \/>\nor their parents as the management insisted that such arrangement would<br \/>\nrun contrary to the agreement signed with the Bayelsa State Government.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the parents association has been working hard to get the<br \/>\nstate government clear the outstanding fees but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>The student acknowledged the good intention of the foreign education<br \/>\nscholarship by Gov. Seriake Dickson and appealed to him to help secure<br \/>\ntheir future by directing immediate release of funds for the payment.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the management of Lincoln University had been very good to<br \/>\nthem despite failure of the government to meet up with payment for some<br \/>\ntime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appeared to have become a source of burden to the management. We are<br \/>\nvery worried and disturbed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been given three weeks to pay up before the school\u2019s management<br \/>\ntakes action. And without our Transcript, we cannot proceed with<br \/>\nIndustrial Training known as OPT or go to graduate school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe management is then obligated to report us for deportation seeing we<br \/>\nhave no further business in the country. \u201cOur time and efforts would have<br \/>\nbeen wasted if that happened. We want to be seen as worthy ambassadors of<br \/>\nBayelsa state. 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