The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has finally bowed to pressure by slashing its recent tuition fee increment by 10 per cent after meeting with the representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday.
It was reported on Wednesday that the UNILAG management would on Thursday meet with the representatives of the protesting students of the university and the representatives of NANS on the protracted case of school fee increment.
Following the increment in tuition fees by the school management in July, students have been protesting and demanding a reversal.
It was also reported earlier that the aggrieved students on Wednesday staged another protest despite a downpour and alleged intimidation by a police barricade.
The students insisted that exorbitant fees were making education inaccessible to many deserving students and putting a heavy burden on those already enrolled.
However, in a statement on Friday following the meeting with the executives of the NANS and other faculty members on Thursday evening, the university authorities reduced the school fees.
The statement read, “Authorities of the University of Lagos led by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, on Thursday, September 14, 2023, had a meeting with the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Comrade Usman Umar Barambu accompanied by top officers of the Association and UNILAG Faculty leaders drawn from nine faculties of the University and College of Medicine.”
The statement further read: “After careful evaluation of the issues raised by the students and management, the following consensus was reached at the meeting: Utility Charges for all categories of students were reduced to N15,000:00 from N20,000:00.
“The obligatory fees for new undergraduate students were reviewed from N126,325:00 to N116,325:00 for Courses without Lab/Studio and N176,325:00 to N166,325:00 for Courses with Lab/Studio.
“The obligatory fees for returning undergraduate students were reviewed from N100,750:00 to N80,750:00 for Courses without Lab/Studio; N140,250:00 to N120,250:00 for Courses with Lab/Studio; and from N190,250:00 to N170, 250:00 for Medical/Pharmacy students and students in Health Professions.
“The Convocation Fee to be paid by all final year students was reduced to N27,000:00 from N 30,000:00. Hostels fees were reviewed as follows: For undergraduate hostels in Akoka and Yaba campuses, the fees were reduced to N43,000:00 from N90,000:00.
“For hostels in Idi-Araba campus, the fees were reduced to N65,000:00 from N120,000:00. The fees for Sodeinde Hall were reduced to N135,000:00 from N250,000:00.”
