The management of the Lagos State University (LASU), has increased tuition of new students by 168%.
The school authority said the old students would continue to pay the initial N25,000 until they graduate from the institution while fresh students would pay the new increase of N67,048.50 per session.
A circular issued by the institution showed that the sudden hike in school fees would kick-off with the new intakes.
The circular said that the institution has commenced 2020/2021 online admission screening exercises (100-level – both regular and direct entry candidates.
It read: “2020/2021 online admission screening exercises (100-level – both regular without comprehensive entrepreneurship training and regular with comprehensive entrepreneurship training – and direct entry candidates”.
“Applications are invited from suitably qualified Candidates for the Lagos State University 2020/2021 admission screening exercise – Regular student without comprehensive entrepreneurship training – for candidates seeking admission via UTME (100 level) and Direct Entry (200 level).
“This online screening exercise is a mandatory requirement for entry into Lagos State University. The Tuition Fees for the Regular Student without Comprehensive Entrepreneurship N67,048.50 only per session.”
In his statement, the LASU’s spokesman, Adekoya Ademola, said the increment had nothing to do with the satellites, adding that they would continue to pay their N25,000 till they graduate.
He said the new intakes were the ones mandated to pay the sum of N67,048.50.
Ademola added that the new fees had been approved by the governing council of the university and the Lagos state government has also keyed into it.
He said the school needed to get some funds to run the university, adding that the increment had been marginal, as it is not exorbitant.
The spokesman also noted that some parents and even the state government had commended the university for not skyrocketing the fees to an amount they could not afford.
However this actions has recieved a rather negative reaction as Nigerians expressed their displeasure via the school’s officalTwitter handle reacting to the sudden fee increment.
In her reaction to the fee increment, a Twitter user, @temidayo_ossai, lambasted the Lagos state government as she wondered why the fee hiked from N25,000 to N67,000.
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