Ministry of Education’s Permanent Secretary, Mr David Adejo has stated that no federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees in the country.
While speaking at a public hearing by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on student loans recently in Abuja, Adejo said the recent increase in charges by federal universities in the country is unfortunate.
According to him, the charges collected by the universities were used to pay for some of their services, including electricity bills. He said: “What they collect is charges to cover the cost of accommodation, ICT, and power, among others. It is the Governing Councils of the Universities that have the power to approve such charges for them.
“The only university that increased charges after the signing of the student loans act is the University of Lagos.
“They came to the Ministry with a proposal to increase their charges because all Governing Councils were dissolved and we gave them approval.
“Immediately that was done, there was a resolution from the House stopping the increase in fees and the President also gave a directive stopping any increase in fees and that is where it is, even though several others have brought their proposal.”
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