UNILAG students to pay between N100,750 and N190,250 as tuition fees
By Emma Ogbuehi
Starting from next academic session, undergraduate students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos, will now pay tuition fees ranging from N100,750 to N190,250 depending on the courses.
Hitherto, students of the institution paid N19,000 as tuition fee. But henceforth, courses that do not require laboratory and studio will attract N100,750 tuition fee; courses that require laboratory and studio will attract N140,250; while students studying medicine will pay N190,250.
TheNiche gathered that the authorities of the University agreed on the new fees at a meeting on Thursday.
A source at the meeting noted that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola said: “It is no longer news that the University of Lagos tuition has not changed in the last 20 years but the cost of managing education has skyrocketed astronomically.”
A statement by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) UNILAG branch following a meeting with the top management staff dated July 20, 2023, confirmed that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ogunsola, met with representatives of the three non-academic staff unions on Thursday, July 20 to discuss issues concerning members’ welfare.
The union, in the statement, said the VC stated that fees would be increased for UNILAG undergraduate students.
“During the meeting, the proposed fees for undergraduate students of UNILAG were disclosed. Students without lab and studio use will pay N100,750, those with lab use will pay N140,250, and college of medicine would pay N190,250,” the statement said.
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According to the statement, a SSANU representative at the meeting, Rasaki Yusuf, asked for rebate for staff members with children in the university.
But the VC said the new charges were set nationally and could not be modified for specific categories of students.
Ogunsola however, gave the option of staff paying in instalments but with a condition to pay up one month before final exams.
Other issues raised at the meeting include, hostel accommodation for staff wards and the VC promised that a percentage of accommodation for their wards would be reserved but not guarantee that all staff children would get hostel spaces.
Also, during the meeting, the staff unions presented a list of demands, which include overtime, shift allowance, hazard allowance implementation, staff medical screening, stagnation and the status of UNILAG International School tutors.
