Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh said today that he went hungry too when he was a student, but lack of money was not always the issue.

"The problem of (university) students going hungry does occur. At times I go hungry too (when I was a student)," he said.

"But sometimes it is not because of the lack of money and they do have cash," said Idris at a press conference at his ministry in Putrajaya today.