by Haleem OlatunjiCampus Beat


THE Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, hasdisclosed that students of the institution pay as low as N90 for accommodation and an additional N2,500 as charges for maintenance,making it a total of N2,590 per annum as accommodation fee.Professor Ogunbodede disclosed this while delivering his speech at the International Campus Journalism Conference, hosted by the Association of Campus Journalists, Obafemi Awolowo University.He mentioned that no university will be happy to see students suffering on the grounds of poor accommodation. For this reason, headded that the University has identified the problems related to the problem and has started makingmoves to tackle them.“What students pay on campus per annum is N90 plus N2,500 for maintenance fees making a total of N2,590 for a whole year and they enjoy free light and free water,” he said.He further said that “less than 25 million naira is made from the halls of residence per year. The monthly electricity bill when students are in session is about 60 million, and when they are not in session, it is between 35-40 million”.The Vice Chancellor admitted that although the fees paid for accommodation by students appears to be very small, it does notaffect the economic standing of the University.Professor Ogunbodede, who also was a member of ACJ OAU in 1977, said that his administration will continue to work towards ensuring the comfort of students in the halls of residence.

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/oau-students-pay-n90-for-accommodation-per-year-%e2%80%95vice-chancellor/


Cc lalasticlala

I'm proud of that school. great Ife

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Another great Ife is a counterfeit

Controversial alma mata

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Adonbilivit

ameri9ja:
Adonbilivit

you don't need to believe it. go to OAU and verify. that's what I paid in my days in OAU. 2009 and 2013 that is my first year and final year respectively

Hmmm

The school looks beautiful

and dat does not make the school better dan others .....#90 as student...

OBA awon university .. If u know u know

Ok

Neat!

If true, then its worth an applause

Ok

hajoke2000:
and dat does not make the school better dan others .....#90k as student...

madam, no dey comment without reading, its #90 not #90k.

dejt4u:
you don't need to believe it. go to OAU and verify. that's what I paid in my days in OAU. 2009 and 2013 that is my first year and final year respectively

How good are these rooms ? The rooms are built to accommodate 4 people but now accommodate 10 or more
The school has no rationale for any increase if they have not improve those hostels where the students can’t even go to toilets because they are blocked . Ife iniveristy hostels are one of the worst hostels in the worlds ... not fit for pigs

The money is small and wouldn't be enough to maintain the hostels.

But the problem is this: will an increment in hostel fees guarantee an improvement in the situation of the hostels?

I mean confirmed improvement and not some eye-service renovation works.

If no, the fees should be left alone. If yes, it would be increased.

Nigerians are not against an increment in fees most of the time.

It's just that most increments are just increments and not utilized towards the improvement of whatever product/service it was paid for.

hajoke2000:
and dat does not make the school better dan others .....#90k as student...

re you reading with ur anus...ninety naira nt 90k naira.

Lol... Bad hostels abi

The former and current students of that school, nah true? And hope it's liveable, this one he said light and water are free. I don't trust anything u are given free in Nigeria.

And they expect word class facilities after paying 90 naira

emmyfizzy12:
re you reading with ur anus...ninety naira nt 90k naira.

that a typographical error ....i wasn't with my spectacles ..

While Uniben increased theirs from #8,000 to #20,000 in just a session without any justifiable reason. Even went as far as rusticating some SUG executives because they protested. It is well

Hmmm

sammhi:

How good are these rooms ? The rooms are built to accommodate 4 people but now accommodate 10 or more
The school has no rationale for any increase if they have not improve those hostels where the students can’t even go to toilets because they are blocked . Ife iniveristy hostels are one of the worst hostels in the worlds ... not fit for pigs

We pay 8k in Uniben. It was increased to 20k, after some protests it was now reduced to 17k. You really need to see the pathetic state of the hostel.

talk2percy:
The formal and current students of that school, nah true? And hope it's liveable, this one he said light and water are free. I don't trust anything u are given free in Nigeria.

Baba na true, graduated 2014