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Parents, guardians and of course students of Federal Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education across the Federation are currently scratching their heads to find solution to the proposed hike in tuition fees.
This is coming in the midst of fuel subsidy removal and soaring inflation in a country where minimum wage of a civil servant stands at N30,000.
Some Federal Universities have already announced hike in their tuition fees and other fees payable in their institution by up to 200% .
The tuition fees hike followed announcement of students’ loan program by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu few days after his swearing-in.
However, so far some universities have openly announced hike in their tuition fees and other fees payable in the school.
Recently, the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) University of Uyo (UNIUYO) University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare (FUHSA) Federal University, Lafia (FULAFIA), Federal University, Dutse (FUD) Federal University, Kashere (FUKASHERE), University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) have all announced increments in their school fees and other sundry charges payable by students.
Others that have jacked up their fees also include Bayero University Kano (BUK), Niger Delta University (NDU), Bayelsa state, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), University of Ibadan (UI), Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, among others.
The development has begun to raise fear among parents, guardians and students, as stakeholders have opined that this will add more burden to the already stressed economy, thereby bringing more hardship to the citizens.
