Amosun Reduces Fees In Oguntertiary Schools

Ogun State Governor, Senator
Ibikunle Amosun has approved
an across the board reduction in
all State owned Tertiary
Institutions.
In the new school fees regime,
some students will pay 61 percent
less than they are currently
paying while some others will be
paying as low as N29,700. The
reduction was arrived at after
extensive deliberation between
government, leadership of the
various Students’ Unions and
heads of the institutions.
Also, the new school fees regime
has abolished the indigene/non-
indigene dichotomy as all
students offering the same course
and the same level will pay the
same fees.
In a statement signed by Barrister
Segun Odubela, Commissioner
for Education, Science and
Technology, the government
stated that medical students of
Olabisi Onabanjo University
(OOU) who are paying N301,610
will now be paying N176,596, a
41.4 percent reduction.
Also, students of the Faculty of
Arts in the same university will
be paying N81,112 instead of the
current fee of N126,540, a 35.9
percent reduction.
In Moshood Abiola Polytechnic,
Abeokuta, the school fees has
been reduced from N71,300 to
N40,000 for Higher National
Diploma (HND) while Ordinary
National Diploma (OND) students
will enjoying a reduction of
N22,300, a reduction of between
31.1 and 9.6 percent respectively.
Students of Tai Solarin University
of Education (TASUED) will enjoy
a reduction from N103,435 for
the first year students to N75,000,
representing 27.5 percent
reduction, while returning
students who are paying N93,465
will now be paying N65,000,
representing 30.4 percent
reduction.
Higher National Diploma (HND)
students of Ogun State Institute of
Technology, Igbesa who are
currently paying N118,000 will
now be paying N46,000, a
reduction of 61 percent.
The reduction of fees will also
apply to the other three Institutes
of Technology owned by the State
Government. The reduction of
fees will take effect from the
2014/2015 academic session.
The State Government has also
donated thirteen buses to the
Student Unions of all State and
Federal Institutions in the State.
Also to benefit from this largesse
is the National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun
State Chapter.
Government further stated that it
will always protect the interest of
the students as they are future
leaders of the Nation.
Signed
Barrister Segun Odubela
Commissioner for Education,
Science and Technology
Ogun State