The Federal Government has reiterated that no federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees for students in the country.
According to NAN, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr David Adejo, disclosed this on Tuesday at a public hearing by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on students’ loans in Abuja.
Adejo said that the recent increase in charges by federal universities in the country was unfortunate.
“They collect charges to cover the cost of accommodation, ICT, and power, among others. The Governing Councils of the Universities have the power to approve such charges for them.
“The only university that increased charges after the signing of the student loans act is the University of Lagos.
“They came to the Ministry with a proposal to increase their charges because all Governing Councils were dissolved, and we approved them.
“Immediately that was done, there was a resolution from the House stopping an increase in fees, and the President also gave a directive stopping any increase in fees, and that is where it is, even though several others have brought their proposal,” he said.
He said modalities had been implemented to remove the students’ loans scheme in the 2023/2024 academic calendar.
Adejo said that President Bola Tinubu had given a directive that all necessary works must be completed on the modalities for the take-off of the scheme in September.