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chibaby1985:
The House of Representatives on Wednesday called for the abolishment of ‘acceptance fees’ paid by students offered admission into various institutions in Nigeria.



A motion moved by Emeka Chinedu, PDP-Imo (Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency), Wednesday got the lawmakers debating about how to reverse this trend.



Leading the debate, Mr Chinedu said one of the factors contributing to poor access to tertiary education is the “predatory admission policies being enforced by tertiary institutions, particularly the requirement for payment of non-refundable acceptance fees as a condition precedent for admission”.



He added that “it should bother the lawmakers that his state’s Imo State University charges N70,000 as acceptance fee.”



“Other institutions like the University of Ibadan charge 35,000; University of Lagos, 20,000; Ahmadu Bello University, 30,000; Lagos State University, N20,000; University of Uyo, 25,000,” he said.



He, therefore, moved that the fee be abolished. He was unanimously backed by his colleagues.



Resolution



The House also mandated the House Committee on Tertiary Education and Services “to investigate the admission policies and practices of tertiary institutions in the country as they relate to the charge of acceptance fees in order to remove all obstacles to accessing tertiary education in the country.”



Meanwhile, Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, has said his institution will comply with the directive.



He said the amount accruing to the University of Ibadan, for instance, in a year is not enough to fund the university in a month. “Therefore, the school has to look for alternative means to source for funds”.



“Someone has to take up the bill,” he said. “We have to make up our mind on what we really want. You can’t even run a creche without funds. In a year, we spend at least N200 million on our clinic contactors. Add this to electricity bill and diesel, then you’re talking of over N800 million.



“What the university is getting for overhead is less than N100 million. So where do you think the remaining N700 million will come from? Unless you want to close down the whole university,” he added.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/364364-reps-call-for-abolishment-of-acceptance-fee-into-tertiary-institutions.html

chibaby1985:
[color=#000000]The House of Representatives[/color] on Wednesday called for the abolishment of ‘acceptance fees’ paid by students offered admission into various [color=#000000]institutions in Nigeria.[/color]



A motion moved by Emeka Chinedu, PDP-Imo (Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte Federal Constituency), Wednesday got the lawmakers debating about how to reverse this trend.



Leading the debate, Mr Chinedu said one of the factors contributing to poor access to tertiary education is the “predatory admission policies being enforced by tertiary institutions, particularly the requirement for payment of non-refundable acceptance fees as a condition precedent for admission”.



He added that “it should bother the lawmakers that his state’s [color=#000000]State University charges[/color] N70,000 as acceptance fee.”



“Other institutions like the University of Ibadan charge 35,000; [color=#000000]University of Lagos[/color], 20,000; Ahmadu Bello University, 30,000; Lagos State University, N20,000; University of Uyo, 25,000,” he said.



He, therefore, moved that the fee be abolished. He was unanimously backed by his colleagues.



Resolution



The House also mandated the House Committee on Tertiary Education and Services “to investigate the admission policies and practices of tertiary institutions in the country as they relate to the charge of acceptance fees in order to remove all obstacles to accessing tertiary education in the country.”



Meanwhile, Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, has said his institution will comply with the directive.



He said the amount accruing to the University of Ibadan, for instance, in a year is not enough to fund the university in a month. “Therefore, the school has to look for alternative means to source for funds”.



“Someone has to take up the bill,” he said. “We have to make up our mind on what we really want. You can’t even run a creche without funds. In a year, we spend at least N200 million on our clinic contactors. Add this to electricity bill and diesel, then you’re talking of over N800 million.



“What the university is getting for overhead is less than N100 million. So where do you think the remaining N700 million will come from? Unless you want to close down the whole university,” he added.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/364364-reps-call-for-abolishment-of-acceptance-fee-into-tertiary-institutions.html

PrimadonnaO:
Unilag calls its own “Obligatory fee.” 64, 500. Almost 70k.

dheaven:
They should give JAMB the sole right of admitting students and cut off mark should be 100 in universities and 70 for poly in order to stop bribery.

AudioMonkey:
Waste of time, if you tell them to stop collecting acceptance fee, they would change the name and call it another thing, and insert it into a convenient place in the schoolfees or other allowances.
Las las, you go even pay pass the acceptance fee.


In the mean while Jewelbaby01, mamajj17 and AuroraB, report to the ozaa room immediately, it's time for afternoon session.

thundafire:
VC are Terrible liars dey complain of having low overheads but dey buy and build houses everywhere,der children studies abroad and do all such sharp corrupt practice like starting va project a year for them to leave office and pay full take der share then dey new VC will award a fresh contract for dey same job and continue dey stealing

Ololanla:
This is a very good move not the useless hate speech nonsense.

Officialgarri:
Good move.

Many potential students have lost their admission because of the so-called "acceptance fee"
Because they practice such in America doesn't mean we have to do same here.

School fee, hostel fee, departmental fee, faculty fee and so many other fees are enough problems already.