Ministry of education denies plan to hike tuition fees to N350k

Ministry of education denies plan to hike tuition fees to N350k

The Federal Ministry of Education as debunked the viral news that the FG has approved a hike in tuition fees of Nigerian universities to N350,000. The

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The Federal Ministry of Education as debunked the viral news that the FG has approved a hike in tuition fees of Nigerian universities to N350,000. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Sonny Echono, made the clarification at a symposium, on Wednesday, in Abuja. According to him: “The Federal Government did not and has no intention of introducing new tuition fees in our public universities not to mention the figure to N350, 000.

“What is true is that the present administration is committed to guarantee quality of education. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the ministry along with the ministry of finance to jointly organise a workshop that will inform on a very sustainable and workable recommendation of funding education in Nigeria. And to this end, we have been engaging various stakeholders including ASUU who can come up with a very useful contribution that will bring all these recommendations achievable.”