New Tuition Fees Remain As Kaduna Government Meets Students’ Representatives

The Kaduna State Government has insisted that it will not reverse its recent increase in tuition fees for the state-owned university (KASU).

The Deputy Governor of the state, Hadiza Balarabe, stated this at a meeting with the representatives of the university students with government officials at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna.

The students had on May 26, 2021, staged a peaceful protest at the university campus, barricading the Tafawa Balewa Way, insisting many parents cannot afford the over 500 per cent increase in tuition fees.

During the meeting, representatives of the students complained that the 500 per cent increment in the tuition fees is high and many parents cannot afford it.

However, after listening to the students’ demand, the Secretary to the State Government, Balarabe Lawal, who first respondend to the students, said the governmet was careful before announcing the new rates.

Meanwhile, the Deputy governor appealed to the students to return to their colleagues and inform them that the new rates are for their own good and the state at large.

The government also said indigenes of the state can access the state scholarship scheme which is readily available for them and also student loans, if necessary.

According to the new rates, students paying N26, 000, will henceforth pay up to N200,000 for social science undergraduates, and about N500 000 naira for medical science students who are not indigenes of the state.