Education
FULL LIST: Nigerian Universities That Increased School Fees
The universities in separate memos attributed the development to the rising cost of learning materials…
As tertiary institutions across the country begin a new session next week, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, parents and students started protests as more varsities continue to hike their fees.
VerseNews reports that the varsities which hiked their fees included:
# University Old Tuition New Tuition 1 Ambrose Ali University (AAU) ₦55,000 ₦161,500 2 Agbor and Dennis Osadebe University ₦70,000 ₦185,000 3 Bayero University, Kano (BUK) ₦39,000 ₦95,000 – ₦105,000 4 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) ₦80,000 ₦201,815 5 Delta State University (DELSU) ₦37,000 ₦100,000 6 Edo State University ₦145,000 ₦378,500 7 Ekiti State University (EKSU) ₦56,000 – ₦171,000 ₦200,000 – ₦750,000 8 Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) ₦40,000 – ₦48,000 ₦69,600 – ₦115,000 9 Federal University, Dutse (FUD) ₦37,000 ₦97,000 10 Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) ₦47,000 – ₦56,000 ₦113,000 – ₦188,500 11 Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) ₦27,500 – ₦93,000 ₦67,925 – ₦201,210 12 Niger Delta University (NDU) ₦37,000 ₦100,000 13 Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) ₦26,000 ₦55,000 14 Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) ₦20,000 ₦68,500 15 University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) ₦82,000 ₦225,000 16 University of Benin (UNIBEN) ₦69,000 – ₦73,000 ₦170,000 – ₦190,000 17 University of Delta ₦65,000 ₦170,000 18 University of Ibadan (UI) ₦25,000 ₦50,000 19 University of Lagos (UNILAG) ₦16,000 – ₦40,000 ₦100,750 – ₦190,250 20 University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) ₦26,000 – ₦100,000 ₦104,000 – ₦238,000 21 University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) ₦40,000 – ₦83,000 ₦85,000 – ₦120,000 22 University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) ₦45,000 ₦213,000 23 University of Uyo (UNIUYO) ₦48,000 ₦105,000 24 University, Owerri ₦65,000 ₦120,000 25 Usman Danfodiyo University (UDUS) ₦48,000 – ₦70,000 ₦73,000 – ₦109,000 26 Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare – ₦336,500
Others include – University of Maiduguri; Federal University, DutseFederal University, Lafia, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Bayero University, Kano ad University of Jos.
VerseNews learnt that the universities in separate memos attributed the development to the rising cost of learning materials and the need to adequately fund activities in their respective institutions.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, announced a new school fee regime on Wednesday.
fresh students in the Faculties of Arts, Law and Humanities would pay: N151, 200, while returning students of the same faculties would pay N89,200.
New students being admitted into the College of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Pharmacy are to pay N190, 200 while returning students will paid N128, 200.
University of Benin also new fees had been introduced by the management for full-time undergraduate courses for the 2022/2023 academic session.
Before the increment, N105,000 for non-science students and N115,000 for science students.
Subsequently, the non-science students will pay N85, 000 while the science students will pay N95, 000.
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