The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has commenced an upward review of the fees to be paid by fresh students by 480 per cent.
It was gathered that hike in tuition fees, and other rates
were published on the University’s website.
UI’s dean of student affairs, Keye Abiona, was quoted as
initially confirming the hike in fees, but later declined further comment on
the matter when contacted by this newspaper.
The university’s public relations officer, Adejoke Akinpelu,
however, said that the UI portal would, in due time, give a full picture of
what the 2024 rates should be.
“The fees are personalised for the students based on their
courses of study and will be uploaded on their platforms from tomorrow or
later. Kindly wait until the fees are uploaded and you have the facts,” the PRO
stated in a text message.
However, concerned students who spoke on the development,
shared screenshots of the new rates as displayed on their respective portals.
One of them showed 372,000 with an additional N40,000 to be
incurred in utility and technology fees, amounting to N412,000.
Another showed N203,500 in total university fees payable by
a fresh student, including both utility and technology fees.
Some students in other departments clarified that they were
not able to access their studentship portal.
A student admitted into the University in 2023 confirmed
that new intakes at the University of Ibadan previously paid between N64,600
and N69,600.
This change amounts to a hike of 492.5 per cent, with
well-sought courses like Medicine paying much higher than other departments.
In 2023, several federal universities raised their fees by
over 100%, citing a rising cost of living that impacted operational
expenditure.
Among the federal universities that upped their rate were
the University of Lagos (UNILAG) which amounted to a hike of about 800 per
cent, the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),
and the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka.
The hikes resulted in a nationwide protest across campuses,
with students forcing university managements into negotiating a downward review
of the fees.
The management of UI, at around that time, also moved to
raise the total fees payable by its fresh intakes to N175,000 on average in a
proposal that remained unapproved due to the nationwide dissolution of public
university governing councils by the federal government.
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