The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced a review of its new fees, following a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

The review includes reductions in utility charges, obligatory fees for new and returning undergraduate students, convocation fees, and hostel fees.

The university had recently increased tuition fees, which ranged from ₦26,000 to about ₦76,000, to a new scale of ₦120,750 to ₦240,250, depending on the specific courses of study and year of admission. This led to student protests.

However, the university’s management, led by Vice-Chancellor Folasade Ogunsola, assembled the meeting with student leaders, including NANS President Usman Barambu, to address the ongoing dispute surrounding the revised fee structure.

UNILAG’s spokesperson, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, in a statement on Friday, said the university agreed to reduce the fees for all categories of students to ₦15,000:00 from ₦20,000:00.

He stated that obligatory fees for new undergraduate students were reviewed from ₦126,325:00 to ₦116,325:00 for courses without Lab/Studio and ₦176,325:00 to ₦166,325:00 for courses with Lab/Studio.

While obligatory fees for returning undergraduate students were reviewed from N100,750 to ₦80,750 for courses without Lab/Studio; ₦140,250 to ₦120,250 for courses with Lab/Studio; and from ₦190,250 to ₦170, 250 for Medical / Pharmacy students and students in Health Professions.

the convocation fee to be paid by all final-year students was reduced from N 30,000 to ₦27,000., according to Alaga-Ibraheem.

The Hostel fees were also reviewed. For undergraduate hostels in Akoka and Yaba campuses, the fees was reduced to ₦43, 000 from ₦90,000. For hostels in Idi-Araba campus, the fees was reduced to ₦65,000 from ₦120,000. The fees for Sodeinde Hall was reduced to ₦135,000 from ₦250,000.

In addition to the fee review, Alaga-Ibraheem noted that the university management noted in the statement that the NANS President also demanded the reinstatement of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) in UNILAG.

NAN president, Comrade Barambu, said that the absence of the SUG in UNILAG had adversely affected communication between the students and management.

He also noted that students would be able to channel their grievances appropriately through their SUG.

Meanwhile, Vice-Chancellor Professor Ogunsola stated the dire situation of the university in view of prevailing economic realities and the struggle to meet its obligations to students, staff, and municipal service providers, among others.

She noted that the university was committed to ameliorating the impact of the obligatory fee review through measures.

The measures include the installment payment option, the revitalisation of the work-study programme, assistance to indigent students, the Triple A Project, the Pay for Mentors Project, and scholarship opportunities.

Ogunsola added that she will commence the process of reinstating students’ union activities within the university as soon as possible and assured the public that no UNILAG student would be forced to drop out due to financial constraints.
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