By Khadijah Yahaya
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has reviewed the school’s tuition fees, which were recently increased.
The Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olanrewaju, in a statement on Monday, announced that the management has reduced the fees after a meeting held with the students.
Olanrewaju 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 required to run efficiently.
The statement reads, “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 for the new students in the Humanities, the initial fees of #