UNILAG denies additional fees increase

The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has debunked the reports making the rounds that the institution had made additional increase in school fees on the one it made in July 2023.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Head, Communication Unit of UNILAG, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, on Friday night.

Alaga-Ibraheem described the reports as false, misleading, and a misrepresentation of facts.

She noted that UNILAG was not unmindful of the prevailing economic realities, adding that the university had not issued any other notice of increment in fees.

The university spokesperson said: “UNILAG wishes to explicitly refute unsubstantiated claims making the rounds that the institution has slammed additional unauthorised charges to its earlier increments.

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“This is a completely untrue and misleading claim and a misrepresentation of facts, aimed at misinforming the public into believing that there has been another adjustment of fees.

“Apart from the recently adjusted obligatory fees for new students and returning undergraduates published in the university’s Information Flash news bulletin, there has been no other increase in fees.”

It would be recalled that UNILAG, in July, announced an adjustment in fees which was expected to take effect from the first semester of the 2023/2024 academic session.

The university management stated that the move was in line with the prevailing economic realities and the need for the university to be able to meet its obligation to its students, staff, and municipal service providers, among others.

A breakdown of the fees showed that the mandatory charges for one academic session for new undergraduate students was N126,325, for courses without laboratory/studio fees.

The university further fixed N176,325 as mandatory charges for one academic session for courses with laboratory and studio.

A further breakdown of the approved mandatory charges for one academic session for returning students showed that they would pay N100,750 for courses without laboratory and studio, while those needing laboratory and studio would pay N140,250, among others.

The Star