The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has reduced the tuition fees to be paid by the students of the institution.
The Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olanrewaju, made this known in a statement in Osogbo on Monday.
Olanrewaju stated that the management reduced the fees after a meeting held with the students.
The school’s P.R.O had said that the Students Union leaders were adamant, insisting that the fees should be reduced by 50%.
He added that the university management made it clear that the new charges were the minimum the university require to run efficiently.
The statement partly read: “Accordingly, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, graciously announced that the charges initially announced have been reduced as follows:
“For the students in Humanities, the initial sundry charges of #89, 200 for returning students have been reduced to #76,000 while the new students in the Humanities, the initial fees of #151,200 have been reduced to #131,000.
“For those in the Sciences and Technology, the initial charges of #101,200, for returning students is now #86,000 while the new students in the same Faculties will now pay #141,000 instead of the initial #163,200.
“In the same vein, the returning students in the Pharmacy and College of Health Sciences will now pay #109,000, instead of #128,200. The new students in the same Faculties will now pay #164,000 instead of the initial charges of #190,000,”
It added that the university management has agreed that the payment can be in two equal installments.
