UNILORIN increases tuition fee by ‘over 100%’

The University of Ilorin has increased its tuition fee by over
100 per cent, students and a university official confirmed.

The students union president, Seyi Animasaun, first confirmed
this to our reporter in a telephone interview on Saturday.

“What we have woken up to is rather unexpected, shocking and
challenging. This cannot stand. I have called emergency meeting
with all SU executives and all Faculty presidents and we shall
release a comprehensive report after,” he said.

When our reporter inquired of the amount added to the tuition,
he told our correspondent it “varies across different
faculties”.

Another student, Munir Ambali, said over 100 per cent increment
“depends on the amount each faculty has been paying before
now”.

According to a screenshot obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, the tuition
for the department of Mass Communication for instance was increased
from N10,700 to N23,300. PREMIUM TIMES is yet to obtain the
comprehensive list of the new fees.

The increment will take effect from 2018/2019 academic
session.

Confirming an increment, the institution’s Director of Corporate
Affairs, Kunle Akogun, told PREMIUM TIMES that the increment is
‘marginal’. He was however contradictory in his response.

“It is not an increment. Do you have the fees of other Federal
Universities? Even with the increment, we are far ‘better’ than
other universities.

“The increment is just marginal with the current economy reality
and we are still below other universities,” he said.

Meanwhile, students have stormed the social media to demand a
reversal.

Similar increments were effected in Adekunle Ajasin University,
Akungba; University of Ibadan and Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology earlier in the year.