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Ahmadu Bello Plc. So that school is now a company and no more a university.

MrTed:
I understand your pain Bro. If interested, I'll introduce you to a university that has online courses that I'm doing my MBA PRESENTLY AS I SPEAK , AND IT'S FEES IS LESS THAN 900K THAT YOU CAN COMFORTABLY PAY IN INSTALLMENTS AND AND YOU'LL GRADUATE AS AT WHEN DUE. INBOX is ME FOR DETAILS OF HOW TO GO ABOUT IT AND I'LL GUIDE YOU

University without any name abi? You want to add more to their plight right? Meanwhile....

Cut your losses and run if you cannot afford the high fees. Do not fall for the 'sunk cost fallacy'.

DaddyNimo:
money wey u for use do Canada EE, u waste am wan do MBA for useless Nigerian university.... SMH

How much to process Canada EE on average, and the requirements? Thanks.

Nigerians need to learn to sue people who breach contracts and agreements.

Okoyeebo:
This is the same nonsense Ojuku told your gullible fathers before getting 3M of them killed and running away to Abidjan.

You're a Biafran, you are conquered people defeated by Nigerians. You have no stake or say in Nigeria's elections.

Pls don't derail this thread, mention me in the politics section.

Wow
This is harsh

Chai, and I nearly applied for this last year, OP endure it to the end, I hope the certificate brings you pay rise

That school is one big calamity. I am an alumni so I should know what I speak of. At some point I suffered PTSD from my experiences there. I swore never to go back as a student there. To enter na wahala to comot sef na wahala

ksstroud:
Chai, and I nearly applied for this last year, OP endure it to the end, I hope the certificate brings you pay rise

Go and thank God my friend. Dem for use your nose blow whistle

perfectgen:
When in early 2017, a friend brought to my notice a first of its kind online MBA program here in Nigeria, I couldn't really believe him but when he opened the appealing advert of the ABU Online MBA, I got immediately interested as I had been looking forward to obtaining a MBA.

I fully researched the program and everything looked perfect; I checked the course structure, delivery, fees and observed it was something I could do in my spare time, while still working.

In terms of structure, it was slightly self-paced but I was expected to pick up materials and prepare for exams; which I learnt were mainly computer-based tests at that time. On the issue of delivery, I learnt that there was an e-learning suite to deploy most of the course and I was going to be assigned an e-tutor for all courses I was to take; this I learnt should be about 24 in all. On fees, I learnt the current students were then paying less than 500 thousand naira overall hence reasonably affordable for me.

Fast forward to May, 2017, I encouraged three other friends and colleagues to start the program and as we were about to register, we observed a change in fee structure; instead of the normal bulk fee, we were now to pay 10 thousand naira for electives and 20 thousand naira for core courses. This naturally increased the expected fees but in my gullibility, I felt i could still manage to afford it.

To my amazement, midway into the first semester, there was a change in the delivery structure, while some courses had committed e-tutors who were available to explain whatsoever challenges we had with the courses, some e-tutors were just non-existent. Another issue is the review of the examination twice within one semester; we learnt on NUC's insistence, the course had to be 50% theoretical paper/50% Computer based tests but later changed it to 30% assignments/30% Computer based tests/40% theoretical papers.

In my typical perseverance, I adapted and continued with the program but observed midway that instead of the initial 24 courses being planned for, the courses had changed to about 30 in all.

By the next semester, all fees were changed to a flat 20 thousand naira. I was already in the middle of the river and having no choice, I continued with the program. Then came increment of offered courses to about 36 before finishing the program with all additional courses estimated at 20,000 naira per course. The painful part was that these courses were more or less repetitions; a course was sometimes divided into three parts just to ensure that instead of us paying 20,000, we get to pay 60,000.

Just after complaining of the increasing fees and reduction in the quality of the programme, slight adjustments were made; this was insufficient in my dousing my increasing regrets for starting the program. Surprisingly, the university, introduced what they termed late registration fees; this was supposed to be added fees for registering late even though you will not be allowed access to the platform nor educational materials until you make payment. We could do nothing about it as all complaints were either not attended to or brought with it, further problems.
As if that was not enough, very close to exams, I observed additional 10,000 naira on the fee retinue; this was tagged examination fees. I felt the essence of our paying the 20,000 naira was to ensure everything relating to the individual courses was captured hence why add a fee that we were not told of at the beginning of the program and just when we were preparing for exams; when it was already confirmed that we have already made payment for the semester.

I became frustrated, and felt like just dropping out; having seen three of my colleagues drop out due to increasing fees. Coping financially was becoming hard for me and continuing with the program was becoming suffocating.

I forced myself to continue the course; being someone who hardly gives up, but on entering into the fourth semester discovered that there were now new split courses which were illogical. We had courses like Seminar, Project 1, Project 2, internship etc. which were not going to be taught but we still had to pay for; we complained and expected palliative measures only to wake up and hear that the course delivery has been changed to single delivery which implies that the flexibility of the program was more or less gone and with it came the realization that the core focus of an MBA; practical orientation and fundamental understanding of key concepts was no more assured.
I computed everything I have paid for a programme that I have little or no say in and observed I am just a little bit short of 800 thousand naira yet I still have one full semester to go that I still have to pay for. I have to admit that I have been hoodwinked into thinking the ABU online MBA can give me what other international online MBAs could have given me; though the fees are fast getting similar. I seem to be in a one-chance vehicle but not knowing if its is sane for me to jump down. I woke up this morning to see that another 20,000 naira has been added to the fee retinue for transcript or something like that I can't remember applying nor planning to apply for.

I really need help before this financial pressure frustrate me into leaving this programme with the huge amount i have spent; maybe, like a colleague said, i should have used the money in buying a land in Kubwa and wait for it to appreciate because even with the MBA, there is no assurance of pay increase at work, new opportunities nor a profitable return on investment.

Please save my soul!!!

The National Open University would have given you a perfect MBA in a year with less than 200k

trublvr:
God bless you! Your write up is on point!
The arbitrary fee structure, poor tutoring, and treatment of students like undergrads is just too shameful.
My greatest pain is that 3 people from my office have joined the program based on my recommendation , not knowing that the school needed to get their acts together.
I'll just advise the next person who asks me about the program to go for NOUN. Cheaper, and less waste of time.

NOUN is useless. They just come, give you books to read and thats all. No tutoring nothing

I had to cut my losses and discontinued the program after 2 semesters. The program is not flexible and so backward. How can you be explaining maths on Whatsapp as lecture? They give assignments indiscriminately as if you are in secondary school. The program is nothing but fraud.

hard luck oo. u truly entered a one chance vehicle bt can u afford 2disembark now? online programs in naija are a fraud

So sad!
No place or person to appeal this criminal situation?
No senate?
No PG students union?
Who is the dean? I bet he or she is not qualified for the position in the first place, but has continued to occupy the position, because of payment to his political masters.
This is impunity, unfortunately, those signing about fighting corruption has no idea what it means.

OP- hang in there, try and finish so that you can make a difference.

DaddyNimo:
money wey u for use do Canada EE, u waste am wan do MBA for useless Nigerian university.... SMH

Pls wats Canada EE?

Hmm, may be Assam Don't Bosco University U18 would have been better. I started DBU U18 Assam , India, for $2000. After starting ABU came live. Though I was having a second thought to discontinue DBU and go for ABU but something told me to stick to DBU and I have successfully completed my MBA operations management from DBU India without no hidden fees, no sudden change in modules, and timelines. The only thing was that the e-class/tutor wasn't available. So I read on my own throughout, did the CAs, proctored exams, project and viva
It is well

hmm

Thank you Ooo guys, I stand advised!

ABU struck off any possible options forever

ABU is a scam...a school that cannot handle its eportal,is that one a school
A school that still does manual course registration,is that one a school..I don't expect them to be able to manage that online MBA..so far with what I'm hearing and seeing,I'm not surprised..OP, just forget about ABU and move on..

Following too

500k is too cheap for an online MBA ... you didn’t do your research well. You have to hang in there, that’s the only option. You can’t waste what your time and money now. There is something you can still make out of it.

perfectgen:
When in early 2017, a friend brought to my notice a first of its kind online MBA program here in Nigeria, I couldn't really believe him but when he opened the appealing advert of the ABU Online MBA, I got immediately interested as I had been looking forward to obtaining a MBA.

I fully researched the program and everything looked perfect; I checked the course structure, delivery, fees and observed it was something I could do in my spare time, while still working.

In terms of structure, it was slightly self-paced but I was expected to pick up materials and prepare for exams; which I learnt were mainly computer-based tests at that time. On the issue of delivery, I learnt that there was an e-learning suite to deploy most of the course and I was going to be assigned an e-tutor for all courses I was to take; this I learnt should be about 24 in all. On fees, I learnt the current students were then paying less than 500 thousand naira overall hence reasonably affordable for me.

Fast forward to May, 2017, I encouraged three other friends and colleagues to start the program and as we were about to register, we observed a change in fee structure; instead of the normal bulk fee, we were now to pay 10 thousand naira for electives and 20 thousand naira for core courses. This naturally increased the expected fees but in my gullibility, I felt i could still manage to afford it.

To my amazement, midway into the first semester, there was a change in the delivery structure, while some courses had committed e-tutors who were available to explain whatsoever challenges we had with the courses, some e-tutors were just non-existent. Another issue is the review of the examination twice within one semester; we learnt on NUC's insistence, the course had to be 50% theoretical paper/50% Computer based tests but later changed it to 30% assignments/30% Computer based tests/40% theoretical papers.

In my typical perseverance, I adapted and continued with the program but observed midway that instead of the initial 24 courses being planned for, the courses had changed to about 30 in all.

By the next semester, all fees were changed to a flat 20 thousand naira. I was already in the middle of the river and having no choice, I continued with the program. Then came increment of offered courses to about 36 before finishing the program with all additional courses estimated at 20,000 naira per course. The painful part was that these courses were more or less repetitions; a course was sometimes divided into three parts just to ensure that instead of us paying 20,000, we get to pay 60,000.

Just after complaining of the increasing fees and reduction in the quality of the programme, slight adjustments were made; this was insufficient in my dousing my increasing regrets for starting the program. Surprisingly, the university, introduced what they termed late registration fees; this was supposed to be added fees for registering late even though you will not be allowed access to the platform nor educational materials until you make payment. We could do nothing about it as all complaints were either not attended to or brought with it, further problems.
As if that was not enough, very close to exams, I observed additional 10,000 naira on the fee retinue; this was tagged examination fees. I felt the essence of our paying the 20,000 naira was to ensure everything relating to the individual courses was captured hence why add a fee that we were not told of at the beginning of the program and just when we were preparing for exams; when it was already confirmed that we have already made payment for the semester.

I became frustrated, and felt like just dropping out; having seen three of my colleagues drop out due to increasing fees. Coping financially was becoming hard for me and continuing with the program was becoming suffocating.

I forced myself to continue the course; being someone who hardly gives up, but on entering into the fourth semester discovered that there were now new split courses which were illogical. We had courses like Seminar, Project 1, Project 2, internship etc. which were not going to be taught but we still had to pay for; we complained and expected palliative measures only to wake up and hear that the course delivery has been changed to single delivery which implies that the flexibility of the program was more or less gone and with it came the realization that the core focus of an MBA; practical orientation and fundamental understanding of key concepts was no more assured.
I computed everything I have paid for a programme that I have little or no say in and observed I am just a little bit short of 800 thousand naira yet I still have one full semester to go that I still have to pay for. I have to admit that I have been hoodwinked into thinking the ABU online MBA can give me what other international online MBAs could have given me; though the fees are fast getting similar. I seem to be in a one-chance vehicle but not knowing if its is sane for me to jump down. I woke up this morning to see that another 20,000 naira has been added to the fee retinue for transcript or something like that I can't remember applying nor planning to apply for.

I really need help before this financial pressure frustrate me into leaving this programme with the huge amount i have spent; maybe, like a colleague said, i should have used the money in buying a land in Kubwa and wait for it to appreciate because even with the MBA, there is no assurance of pay increase at work, new opportunities nor a profitable return on investment.

Please save my soul!!!

Sorry about your plight, op. That's one of the downside of schooling in Nigeria and I think ABU is sort of becoming a dead end( no pun intended please) reason why I avoided the institution like a plaque when I was weighing my options for the institution to put in for my MSC. You are already in this,so I think you should carry on and hope for the best. Next time, do not fail to carry out extensive research before venturing on a mission such as this, don't just rely on online review because that can be doctored. Perhaps, if you had brought this up here(and the mods are kind enough to bring it to front page) before applying, you would have gotten profession counsel and possibly reviews. Also, I souldbhave seen it too and would have recommended NOUN or CODEl(FUT Minna) to you. But op, why didn't you consider the National Open University? That would have been your best bet..plus you pay less and your expected date of graduating is sure ( all things being equal)

post=71177491:
one needs to verify well before carrying out any deal online

Anything online in naija hmmmm,you got wise up o lol

IamaNigerianGuy:
Cut your losses and run if you cannot afford the high fees. Do not fall for the 'sunk cost fallacy'.

This option would have been viable after the first semester... He is in too deep to back out.

Allylic:
ABU is a scam...a school that cannot handle its eportal,is that one a school
A school that still does manual course registration,is that one a school..I don't expect them to be able to manage that online MBA..so far with what I'm hearing and seeing,I'm not surprised..OP, just forget about ABU and move on..

Anty, u can lie o..I never did manual course registration throughout the entire period i was there.

Most time I dey pity my junior brother wey dey do this ABU online master program.

NOUN is the best !

Duru009:
NOUN is the best !

is NOUN really acceptable in Nigeria by coys and government agencies

Humility017:
is NOUN really acceptable in Nigeria by coys and government agencies

Is very much acceptable even outside the country, I did my with some friends. I was immediately upgraded at work !