After a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) made a downward review of the hike in tuition fees payable by both fresh and returning students of the institution.
The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Folasade Ogunsola led the university’s management to the meeting with the student leaders recently.
NANS President, Usman Barambu, led the student’s delegation to the meeting aimed at addressing the crisis over the fees.
Recall that the university increased the payable fees from N26,000 and about N76,000 to between N120,750 and N240,250 depending on the courses of study and admission year.
The spokesperson of the university, Adejoke Alaga-Ibrahim, in a recent statement, disclosed that the reduction covers obligatory fees for students, utility bills, convocation fees and others.
While breaking down the reduction, the statement showed that the utility charges for every category of students have been decreased to N15,000 from N20,000 and convocation fees to be paid by all final-year students were reduced from N30,000 to N27,000.
Also, the management reviewed obligatory fees for new undergraduate students from N126,325 to N116,325 for courses without lab/studio and N176,325 to N166,325 for courses with lab/studio.
It further revealed that the obligatory fees for returning undergraduate students were reduced N100,750 to N80,750 for courses without lab/studio and from N140,250 to N120,250 for courses with lab/studio. Obligatory fees to be paid by medical / pharmacy students and students in health professions were reviewed from N190,250 to N170,250.
Apart from demanding the review of the fees, the NANS delegation also demanded the reinstatement of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) in UNILAG.
The statement quoted NANS President as noting that the absence of SUG in UNILAG had hindered communication between the students and management.
He also noted that students would be able to lay out their grievances appropriately through the SUG.
While responding to the demand, the vice-chancellor pledged to start the process of reinstating students’ union activities in the university.
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