Despite President Bola Tinubu’s directive that Nigerian public universities should desist from increasing the fees payable by students arbitrarily, the management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Wednesday, announced the increment of fees payable by students.
Mr Tinubu had in a short statement in July directed the federal government-owned tertiary institutions against arbitrary increases in fees payable, insisting tuition remains free in the institutions.
“President Tinubu has directed the authorities in all Federal Institutions of higher learning to avoid arbitrary increase in sundry fees payable, and where possible defer further increases, so that parents and students don’t face too many difficulties,” the government posted on Twitter (now X) microblogging platform.
