NIGERIAN STUDENTS IN TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY ASKED TO LEAVE COUNTRY

A university has informed the Home Office that it will assist in paying for crisis-hit students' flights back to Nigeria.

Due to a currency crisis that left them unable to pay for tuition, students at Teesside University were ordered to leave the UK and expelled from their degrees. The university reports that it has now re-enrolled some of the impacted students and established a travel fund in response to protests and the Nigerian government's intervention.

The students, on the other hand, had experienced the biggest economic collapse in Nigerian history, which had completely drained their money. The university reduced their payment plans from seven to three installments, which made their financial difficulties worse.

The effect was so great that, according to a local food charity, 75% of its clients are now Nigerian students who are finding it difficult to pay for their living expenses.
Some were consequently prevented from continuing their education because they failed to pay their tuition. They soon received letters from the Home Office directing them to depart the United Kingdom.