OAU reviews, reduces school fees

The school fees that the university's students must pay have been reassessed by the administration of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

According to a statement issued by the university's public relations officer, Abiodun Olanrewaju, and received in Osogbo on Monday, the administration decreased the tuition following a meeting with the students.

The leaders of the Students Union, according to Olanrewaju, were firm in their demand for a 50% fee reduction.

He continued by saying that the administration of the university had made it plain that the increased fees were the absolute least that the institution needed to operate effectively.

“Accordingly, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, graciously announced that the charges initially announced have been reduced as follows:

“For the students in Humanities, the initial sundry charges of #89, 200 for returning students have been reduced to #76,000 while the new students in the Humanities, the initial fees of #151,200 have been reduced to #131,000.

“For those in the Sciences and Technology, the initial charges of #101,200, for returning students is now #86,000 while the new students in the same Faculties will now pay #141,000 instead of the initial #163,200.

“In the same vein, the returning students in the Pharmacy and College of Health Sciences will now pay #109,000, instead of #128,200. The new students in the same Faculties will now pay #164,000 instead of the initial charges of #190,000,” the statement partly read.

It further stated that the administration of the university had approved splitting the money into two equal payments.

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