Students of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state have turned to the social media to lament what they termed “the outrageous increase in their fees for the 2013/2014 academic session”. They added that their school fees has been increased by over 40%.
The students got a notice on Monday August 12th, 2013 informing them of the increase in their school fees.
They gave the example of Engineering and Law students who paid N695,000 last semester will now have to pay N1,095,000 this semester, N695,000 for social and management college and sciences, N1, 200 000 for medicine students. Some fees went from N755,000 to N 1,245,000 and so on.
Below is a screenshot of New Afe Babalola University, ABUAD School fees for 2013/2014 session in Tabular Form:
Here is an example of BBM Broadcasts made by students of ABUAD to circulate the message:
Please let us not go back to school until they reduce the school fees!! Pass this on people..let us protect our parents. If you are not from ABUAD, please pass it on. 49% increase on the school fees is not a joking matter!!
Some of them are saying the school will not resume until the fees are reversed.
Take a look at the new fees by following the link below:
Afe Babalola University New School Fees Regime – PDF Download