MORE than 400 Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) students on scholarships and specialising in indigenous languages have been barred from lectures due to non-payment of fees by the government for two consecutive semesters.

Students, who spoke to Southern Eye on Thursday, said their fees were being paid by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), but the government was not remitting the money to the university.

“Unicef has paid [but] Treasury has not remitted the funds. It owes GZU more than $400 000. They tried to pay $40 000, but GZU denied the offer and this led to the present situation,” one student said.