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Sokoto State University has increased tuition fee by over a 100 percent for the new academic session and issued a seven-day ultimatum for students to comply or withdraw from the university.

According to the Ramadan Mijinyawa, President, National Union of Zamfara State Students (NUZAMSS), the fee increase was unexpected and many students, particularly students from Zamfara State, cannot afford it.

He said the school management added an additional N60,000 to the old tuition fee, which was about N40,000 to N50,000, depending on the department. This brings the new tuition to 100,000 or more.

Mijinyawa said all attempts to appeal to the state government and the school management have fallen on deaf ears.

The students urged the management to reverse the new fee schedule, as majority of them are unable to meet such sudden and steep financial demand.

Amira Lawal, a 400 level student of Education Foundation, said she might lose her admission as she is unable to pay the new tuition fee.

Similarly, Mansur Galadima said he can no longer afford the tuition, and called on the Zamfara State government to intervene so that the additional N60,000 is dropped.

“I cannot afford to pay the just introduced N60,000 as tuition fee, which raised the total amount of my school fee to 94,000,” he said. “We are praying to Zamfara State government or any important political icon in the state to urgently assist us in other to save our future, because by Monday we will lose our admission if we are unable to pay.”

midolian:
Tambuwal's second term is gonna be deadly

I do not blame him though, I blame the people of Sokoto state for giving him an opportunity to do this

Dannyset:
All Governors do this......Buhari is the only different politician we have in Nigeria and we love him for this.

Homeboiy:
Ah so cheap

Go n check how much ESUT or AAU dey pay

Even for uniben I paid 105,500 as school fee

midolian:
Yeah it looks cheap when compared with some other state universities..but the 100% increment is where the problem is. Many chose the school because of its affordable fees,.what will become of them now? Some even struggle to pay the N40k

Homeboiy:
They should quit

School is not for the poor

If u can't afford it u quit

How WI he fund the school with less payments from students

He's taking the school to the next level

midolian:
How has he been funding it?
Lemme pretend I didn't see the part where you said school is not for the poor.

Homeboiy:
Ah so cheap

Go n check how much ESUT or AAU dey pay

Even for uniben I paid 105,500 as school fee

CodeTemplar:
I am not against the idea of paying 100,000 as fee in a state university because they are already poorly funded.
What I am against is the idea of that same Sokoto state using state fund to buy Ramadan ram and building mosques ( using state fund for a section of the populace ), then turning around to ask Christians which are likely to form a higher percentage of those patronizing the university, to pay more fees. Is it a counter productive move when you consider use of state funds for some people's private believe.

amaniro:
Nobody noticed is Zamfara state not Sokoto...

amaniro:
Nobody noticed is Zamfara state not Sokoto...