UNN, Students Arrive At 60% Fee Hike

The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the Student Union Government of the institution have reached a deal for the increment of the university’s sundry fee by sixty percent.

The agreement followed many meetings held between the two bodies after the recent hike of the fee of the institution by over 100%.

The management had announced a fee increase of about N240,000 from its original N90,000. The increment elicited reactions from parents, the National Association of Nigerian Students, agencies and the students. NANs had threatened to shut down administrative and academic activities in the university unless the proposed fee was reverted. The students, through the SUG, had requested the increase by sixty percent.

The management during a meeting with the SUG, weekend, said it had consented to the students’ request. It takes effect from the 2025/2026 academic session.

A release from the Public Relations Office of the university stated that, “The decision followed constructive engagements with the Student Union Government (SUG) of both the Nsukka and Enugu campuses. Under the approved arrangement, both new and returning students will now pay increased sixty percent of the existing sundry charges for the 2025/2026 session, representing a forty per cent reduction from the initial proposed 100 per cent increment by the university’s council.”

The release added that a comprehensive schedule of the revised charges, disaggregated by faculty and level, would be released to the university community in the coming days.

Meanwhile, parents of the university’s secondary school have called on the VC of UNN, Prof Simon Ortuanya, to reconsider the 100% hostel fee of the students. It was gathered that the hostel fee of the secondary school was increased from N90,000 to N180,000.

A parent, Paul Ozioko, said, “It is weighing us down. This is a federal government secondary school that is supposedly subsidized. I have three kids in that school. Let the VC reduce the fee please. He should explore other means of revenue generation devoid of taxing parents and guardians.”

Monica Ezeme said, “With the increase, UNN secondary school has become like private secondary schools. It shouldn’t be. I agree that the standard is above average, but the management shouldn’t explore education as an internal generated revenue point. Education is a major player in the national development, and should be accorded that respect. Any policy that makes students drop out is counter-productive.”