Middlesbrough (UK), June 12, 2024 – Teesside University in United Kingdom has offered to fund flight expenses of some Nigerian Students who were sent out of classes due to their inability to pay fees, back home.
Some Nigerian students at Teesside University were thrown out of classes following their inability to pay school fees due to foreign exchange problems.
Following protests by the affected students and the intervention of the federal government, some of the students have been re-enrolled, while the university has “opened a travel fund” for others to travel back to Nigeria.
A Teesside University’s spokesman confirmed that some of the affected students have been told they can resume their studies later.
“We are working with a small group who do need to return to their home country and are opening an international relief fund for this group only to offer additional financial support for these unexpected travel costs,” he said.
According to the BBC, the university has told some of the students they can complete their studies from Nigeria or return to the UK to resume them at a later date.
The BBC understands some of those affected are now lodging legal appeals after being told to return to Nigeria.
“One, who did not want to be named, said the university’s offer failed to consider the significant impact their actions had on those affected.
He said: “I was asked to return home, pay the balance remaining and apply to return at a later date, but I don’t trust them now.
“I feel this is a way to escape responsibility and they may not let me come back
.”If they did, it would cost me thousands to pay flights, visa fees and NHS fees again.
“I’ve already spent so much coming here and now they want me to go back without any kind of certification to reflect my achievements.
“The whole aim of coming here was to study, we haven’t committed any kind of crime.
“There’s been no apology for the stress and trauma the university has put me through.”
