STUDENTS LAMENT OVER PHOTOCOPY PRICE HIKE.

PTI STUDENTS LAMENT OVER  PHOTOCOPY PRICE HIT.

Sunday Egon and Frederick Okonji reports

Shop owners at the business environment (popularly called computer village) of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun hike prices in photocopy and cyber work. This development has caused distress among students and other occupants in the campus. For years, the price of duplicating a page with as been #5 while for dual side in a single page was #6.Recently,it was changed from #5 to #7 for a singe page and #10 for dual pages.

        Surprisingly, for students as to begin 2019/2020 academic session with an increase in price. One thing which has been a joy to the students is the low cost of acquiring and accessing internet materials. Students had hope for reduction of price and not otherwise because it is a student environment.

            An HND2 student whose identity was withheld told CAMPUSLIFE that, one the reasons she chose Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun as institute for study is because price of commodities are subsidies to the level students can afford and operators would not run at lost she said.

One of the operators told CAMPUSLIFE that the reason for the sudden increase in price was has a result of low profit and on certain occasions; no profit. Quoting her words “it appears to us that we are exchanging money for money “. She further explains that, it was collective decision among shop owners and whosoever refuse to adhere to the new law will face punishment; which will be a closure of such store and many other penalties.

       When CAMPUSLIFE interviewed the welfare director of student union government Comr. Callistus on the issue on ground, he showed disapproval on the action of the vendors in the various business centers. He promised to meet with the student union government executives in reducing the prices by negotiating with the vendors. He further promised that the executives of the S.U.G will speak to the school management to consider ways in which both students and vendors can have a good business relation if negotiation with the vendors fails.

     
Increase in the price of goods and services should not be the resolved decision of business owners in civilized environment like ours.

Price hit should be as a result of inflation or scarcity of raw materials for the production of goods and rendering of service. No country has ever become rich from the action of price hit but instead, price hit reduces the consuming power of individuals which has a negative effect on the economy.
 On this note better solutions shells be tender in making more profit and not on price hike.