The Nigerian Senate is set to summon Vice Chancellors of 38 Federal Universities in the country over increase in tuition fees.
This was disclosed by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Senator Barau Jibrin, on Tuesday.
Jibrin stated this in reaction to the statement credited to the
chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the
University of Ibadan, Deji Omole, that 38 Universities have increased
their tuition fees over poor funding by the Federal Government.
The institutions include: University of Lagos (UNILAG), Ahmadu Bello
University (ABU), University of Nigeria (UNN), Obafemi Awolowo
University (OAU), Bayero University Kano (BUK), University of Abuja,
Usman Danfodiyo University (UDUS), University of Ilorin, and National
Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) among others.
Jibrin said the VCs would be invited when the Senate resumes from
Sallah break next Tuesday, to explain why they increased the fees.
“There are abuses of IGR in almost all the Universities. Our
preliminary investigations have shown that there is general abuse of IGR
in our universities.
“We have beamed our searchlight on it. We will ensure proper
utilisation of the IGR including tuition fees,” he said in an interview
with Daily Trust.
