JUST IN: Protest Hits UNICAL Over 100% School Fees Hike

Monday, December 04, 2023 at 2:20 PM by Ridwan Adeola

Several University of Calabar students, on Monday, December 4 protested against school fee increment by the management
The 100% school fee increment sparked anger among students of the institution, prompting them to take to the campus with placards
Legit.ng reports that the University of Calabar had said the increment was necessary because of the current economic realities in Nigeria

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Calabar, Cross River state - Several students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) on Monday, December 4, staged a protest over the increment of tuition fees by the institution's management.

According to Daily Trust, the increased fees for newcomers, returning students, and final-year students in non-science programmes are N111,000, N91,500, and N114,000.

UNICAL increases tuition fees by 100%

Some of the placards by the students had various inscriptions such as: “Florence Obia, UNICAL is not a private university, which one is ‘slight increment’, say no to billing”, “UNICAL VC, stop forcing girls into prostitution”, “this is a federal university, not a business center,” among others.

It was gathered that before the increment, tuition fees for an average student, depending on the department, were N64,050 for freshers, N52,050 for final-year students, and N49,500 for returning students.

The Nation newspaper also noted the increment.

The protest by the students made the school a trending topic on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, December 4.

Why we increased school fees - UNICAL

According to the management of the Nigerian university, the increment was necessitated by the current economic realities and the need to maintain the academic standard which the university was known for.

Legit.ng reports that UNICAL is reportedly one of the foremost Nigerian universities to automate students' registration processes through the college portal.

See some photos and video from the protest below:

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