UNILAG management are yet to confirm to top Journalists about the increment of school fees to N100k and N190K for medical students

UNILAG management are yet to confirm to top Journalists about the increment of school fees to N100k and N190K for medical students.

Undergraduate students of the university will now pay between N100,750 and N190,250 as tuition, depending on their course of study, against the former N19,000.

The proposed fees for the students were disclosed during a meeting held by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola and representatives of non-teaching staff unions on July 20, 2023, at the Senate Committee Chamber of the school.

The university’s chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) in a statement disclosed that the details of the proposed fees during the meeting lasted about three hours.

Olusegun Adetona and Bukola Adeniran, workers at WorldCoin, a non-governmental organisation registered in Nigeria as TOKENWEB Ltd., have accused security officials attached to the University of Lagos (UNILAG) of conniving with police officers to extort them.

On Friday, January 31, the duo entered UNILAG to educate students on the opportunities their company offers, and they were directed to an office in the school to get permission.

The official they met in the office gave them approval. But while they were inviting students, the security men in the school interrupted them.

“They asked us to follow them to their security post. On getting there, they threw us behind their counter,” Adetona said.

“They collected our phones immediately, before querying us about our purpose in the university. “We told them we were given permission. We told them to follow us to the woman who permitted us but they refused. They said since we were not given a written permission, we were criminals.”

Adetona and his partner were given a paper to write their statements, but they could not write because the security officers insisted that they write what was being dictated to them.

“The SSANU representative, Comrade Rasaki Yusuf requested a rebate for staff members with children in the university, but the vice chancellor explained that the charges were set nationally and could not be modified for specific student categories.

“However, she offered the option of paying in instalments for staff wards with a condition to pay up one month before the final exams,” the statement read.