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FULL LIST: Nigerian Universities That Increased School Fees
As tertiary institutions across the country begin a new session next week, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, parents and students started protests as more varsities continue to hike their fees.
VerseNews reports that the varsities which hiked their fees included:
| # | University | Old Tuition | New Tuition |
| 1 | Ambrose Ali University (AAU) | ₦55,000 | ₦161,500 |
| 2 | Agbor and Dennis Osadebe University | ₦70,000 | ₦185,000 |
| 3 | Bayero University, Kano (BUK) | ₦39,000 | ₦95,000 – ₦105,000 |
| 4 | Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) | ₦80,000 | ₦201,815 |
| 5 | Delta State University (DELSU) | ₦37,000 | ₦100,000 |
| 6 | Edo State University | ₦145,000 | ₦378,500 |
| 7 | Ekiti State University (EKSU) | ₦56,000 – ₦171,000 | ₦200,000 – ₦750,000 |
| 8 | Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) | ₦40,000 – ₦48,000 | ₦69,600 – ₦115,000 |
| 9 | Federal University, Dutse (FUD) | ₦37,000 | ₦97,000 |
| 10 | Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) | ₦47,000 – ₦56,000 | ₦113,000 – ₦188,500 |
| 11 | Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) | ₦27,500 – ₦93,000 | ₦67,925 – ₦201,210 |
| 12 | Niger Delta University (NDU) | ₦37,000 | ₦100,000 |
| 13 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) | ₦26,000 | ₦55,000 |
| 14 | Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) | ₦20,000 | ₦68,500 |
| 15 | University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) | ₦82,000 | ₦225,000 |
| 16 | University of Benin (UNIBEN) | ₦69,000 – ₦73,000 | ₦170,000 – ₦190,000 |
| 17 | University of Delta | ₦65,000 | ₦170,000 |
| 18 | University of Ibadan (UI) | ₦25,000 | ₦50,000 |
| 19 | University of Lagos (UNILAG) | ₦16,000 – ₦40,000 | ₦100,750 – ₦190,250 |
| 20 | University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) | ₦26,000 – ₦100,000 | ₦104,000 – ₦238,000 |
| 21 | University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) | ₦40,000 – ₦83,000 | ₦85,000 – ₦120,000 |
| 22 | University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) | ₦45,000 | ₦213,000 |
| 23 | University of Uyo (UNIUYO) | ₦48,000 | ₦105,000 |
| 24 | University, Owerri | ₦65,000 | ₦120,000 |
| 25 | Usman Danfodiyo University (UDUS) | ₦48,000 – ₦70,000 | ₦73,000 – ₦109,000 |
| 26 | Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare | – | ₦336,500 |
Others include – University of Maiduguri; Federal University, DutseFederal University, Lafia, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Bayero University, Kano ad University of Jos.
VerseNews learnt that the universities in separate memos attributed the development to the rising cost of learning materials and the need to adequately fund activities in their respective institutions.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, announced a new school fee regime on Wednesday.
fresh students in the Faculties of Arts, Law and Humanities would pay: N151, 200, while returning students of the same faculties would pay N89,200.
New students being admitted into the College of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Pharmacy are to pay N190, 200 while returning students will paid N128, 200.
University of Benin also new fees had been introduced by the management for full-time undergraduate courses for the 2022/2023 academic session.
Before the increment, N105,000 for non-science students and N115,000 for science students.
Subsequently, the non-science students will pay N85, 000 while the science students will pay N95, 000.
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