AKEREDOLU HAS FINAL SAY ON INCREMENT, PRO-CHANCELLOR

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, has said only Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu can decide if there will be reduction in tuition fee.

He said palliative measures, such as scholarship for brilliant students, expansion of the institution’s work-study scheme and discount payments for the physically-challenged had been considered.

Addressing a news conference in Akure after a meeting with students’ union leaders and other stakeholders, Abayomi said the increment became necessary following what he described as “the precarious situation of the university.”

He said new students in faculties of Arts and Education would pay N75,000 per semester and N150,000 per session, while returning students would pay N60,000 per semester and N120,000 per session.

Abayomi said new students of the faculties of Agriculture, Science, Social and Management Sciences would pay N90,000 per semester and N180,000 per session, adding that returning students will pay N75,000 per semester and N150,000 per session.

Abayomi, a human rights activist, said new students in the Faculty of Law would pay N100,000 per semester and N200,000 per session, while returning students would pay N75,000 per semester and N150,000 per session.

He said in 2016, the university did not receive subvention from the government for seven months.

According to him, the reduction demanded by the students cannot sustain the university.

“The institution has no money to operate.