The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of
Technology, Minna, Prof. Musbau Adewumi Akanji, FNSBMB, FAS, has appealed to
parents, guardians, students and other stakeholders to ignore the recent
publication in some national newspapers where the Chairman of the University of
Ibadan Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Deji
Omole alleged hike in tuition fees by 38 Federal Universities, including the
Federal University of Technology, Minna.
Prof. AKanji made the appeal yesterday at a meeting
held in Council Chamber, Main Campus where he condemned the allegation, which
he described as untrue, baseless and capable of causing panic and confusion.
According to him, the University does not collect
tuition fees from its Nigerian students, but only charges minimal fees for
other services, adding that for the past two years, the fees have not been
reviewed.
The VC disclosed that the review of fees and other
charges are the responsibility of the University Senate and there has not been
any meeting of such in recent times where fee increment was discussed.
“The University is currently in the middle of
second semester of the 2016/2017 academic session and normally such reviews are
done at the beginning of a new academic session,” he reiterated.
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