Protest rocks Abia Assembly over hike of fees to N1.1m in Government College Umuahia

Indigenes of Ihie Ndume community on Tuesday stormed the Abia State House of Assembly to demand a drastic slash in school fees at Government College, GCU, Umuahia.

The protesters who arrived at the Assembly before the plenary session began, cried out that they cannot afford the outrageous school fees set by the management of GCU.

Led by Nathaniel Nwoko, the President of Abia State chapter of Common Man Assembly, the aggrieved indigenes alleged that the present…