The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said the Federal
Government will harmonise tuition in all federal universities to stop
arbitrary charge of fees by some university authorities.
Adamu, made this known while fielding questions on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said, “Since the protests started, we have summoned the
authorities of the universities and sat down with them and we are going
to harmonise everything.
“Because, I think it is N45,000 that is the maximum that should be
charged. I know in some places, there has been other arrangement.
“But the ministry would harmonise everything and I believe there will be no more protests over fees.”
The Universities of Lagos, Ibadan and Port Harcourt were recently
shut down following students’ protests over increase in fees, lack of
water and power supply on the campuses.
Adamu said that the Federal Government was discussing with management
of the affected universities, adding that efforts were also ongoing to
introduce harmonised fees for all federal universities.

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