BREAKING: President Tinubu Finally Speaks on Universities’ Tuition Fee Increment

President Bola Tinubu has said that tuition fees in federal universities across the country remained free.

According to a statement by Dele Alake, the spokesperson to the President, federal institutions have only announced “discretionary charges” for registration, laboratory, and hostel accommodation, among others.

It was earlier reported that federal universities have started or planning to hike the fees paid by students after conducting interviews with students across the institutions.

FCT, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has denied the report that his administration has increased the tuition fees of federal universities across the country, saying that the university remains tuition free.

Dele Alake, the spokesperson to the president, in a statement on Wednesday, July 26, said the federal universities only announced “discretionary charges” for registration, laboratory, and hostel accommodation, among others.

What President Tinubu said about increment in federal universities’ tuition fees

The statement, shared by Bayo Onanuga, a member of the presidential inaugural committee, emphasized that “They are not tuition fees.”

Alake went further: “For the avoidance of doubts, federal universities in Nigeria remain tuition-free.” Since the signing of the student loan bill, some federal and state universities have announced an increment in the amount that students will have to pay by over 200 percent.

List of federal universities that have increased their tuition fees

Last week, some federal institutions, including the University of Lagos (UNILAG), joined the latest in hiking fees for new and returning undergraduate students.

The UNILAG, in a statement, said the increase resulted from the “prevailing economic realities”.

It was also reported that some universities had announced an increment in the fees students would pay in the new session that was about to be resumed.

Fed Institutions like Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU) Zaria; Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ile have been reported to be planning to increase their fees in the coming session. This was disclosed in separate interviews with some students of these institutions.

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