It is understood that the Nigerian Senate will intervene in the purported move to hike tuition fees in 38 federal universities.
Senator Barau Jibrin, who is chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, said the upper parliament would invite the vice chancellors of the affected universities.
He disapproved the proposed increase while accusing government-owned universities of imprudence in managing their internally-generated resources.
“There are abuses of IGR in almost all the Universities. Our preliminary investigations have shown that there is general abuse of IGR in our universities. We have beamed our searchlight on it. We will ensure proper utilisation of the IGR including tuition fees, “he said.
The legislator urged the universities to looked inward for revenue generation rather than hiking their fees.
Dr Deji Omole, chairman of the Academic Staff of Universities, (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, had raised concern over the proposed tuition increase.
Universties said to be involved are University of Lagos (UNILAG), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), University of Nigeria (UNN), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Bayero University Kano (BUK), University of Abuja, Usman Danfodiyo University (UDUS), University of Ilorin, and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) among others.
OAU has however, denied the report, saying it would stick with its old fees.
Credit: Daily Trust
