Students in Nigerian tertiary institutions -Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and even Govt Trade Centers and UPEs really enjoyed prior to 1985 when Buhari-Idiagbon canceled the subsidized cafeteria system. That was when the irreparable deterioration in the Nigeria Education System Started.
Shown here is the University Of Ibadan Students Meal Ticket issued in 1972. I want to believe that the tickets are uniform in all the Nigerian Federal Universities then and up to 1985.
Before 1978, the meal ticket was adjusted from this price to 10 kobo for breakfast, 20 kobo for lunch and 20 kobo for dinner. It was in 1978 that the ticket was increased to 50 kobo for each of breakfast, lunch and dinner which led to ‘Ali mon go’ (Ali must go) students protest led by late Segun Okeowo.
The ticket remained at 50 kobo till 1985 when Buhari-Idiagbon canceled the subsidized meal ticket system.
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