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FULL LIST: Nigerian Universities That Increased School Fees

The universities in separate memos attributed the development to the rising cost of learning materials…

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2 years ago

September 14, 2023

VerseNews

Nigerian Universities

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.

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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.