AAUA management, students disagree over tuition fee

Peter Dada, Akure

The management and students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, have yet to agree on how much the new tuition fee of the institution will be.

The students had on Monday protested the alleged plan of the state government to increase the tuition fee of the university from N30, 000 to N200,000.

At a stakeholders meeting held on Wednesday, they appealed to the government not to increase the fees as their parents could not afford such in the light of the economic crisis in the country.

The students, however, asked that the amount should not exceed N50,000 if at all it must be increased.

In his reaction, the Chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of the university, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, said the points raised at the meeting would be looked into, promising that the matter would be resolved without resulting to any sort of crisis.

He said, “The university is currently facing tough economic and financial deficits and both the state government and stakeholders must sacrifice and support in its funding.

“Also, I assure the university community and stakeholders that their plights will be looked into and considered as soon as I relate your messages back to the governor of the state.”

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, said the meeting with stakeholders was imperative, noting that there was a need to deliberate on how all stakeholders could lift the institution out of the current economic doldrums.

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