The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said the Federal Government will
harmonise tuition in all federal universities to stop arbitrary charge of fees
by some university authorities.
Adamu, made this known while fielding questions on the News Agency of Nigeria
Forum in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said, “Since the protests started, we have summoned the authorities of the
universities and sat down with them and we are going to harmonise
everything.
“Because, I think it is N45,000 that is the maximum that should be charged. I
know in some places, there has been other arrangement.
“But the ministry would harmonise everything and I believe there will be no
more protests over fees.”
The Universities of Lagos, Ibadan and Port Harcourt were recently shut down
following students’ protests over increase in fees, lack of water and power
supply on the campuses.
Adamu said that the Federal Government was discussing with management of the
affected universities, adding that efforts were also ongoing to introduce
harmonised fees for all federal universities.
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