Fashola slashes LASU fees by 60% Determined to resolve the lingering crisis in Lagos State University (LASU), Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday approved a 60 per cent reduction in the school fees.
Addressing a press conference in Lagos, his Special Adviser on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga, said the state Executive Council has ordered the university’s Governing Council to implement 34- 60 per cent cut in the school fees immediately.
Flanked by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba, the Special Adviser to the governor on Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Raji and his Media counterpart, Mr. Hakeem Bello, Olukoga said the governor reduced the fees after extensive deliberation on the report of the ad-hoc committee.
His words: “The ad-hoc committee has recommended and government has accepted that the fees and charges payable by students for incidental services and materials are amendable to a downward review for two main reasons: •Some of the fees component have been applied to students across all levels when in fact, they can be justifiably limited to students at a particular level only; and •Some of the charges included can still be reduced on compassionate grounds.
“On the basis of these principles, government agrees that with the subsidized tuition fees and appropriate moderation of the incidental fees, a reduction ranging from 34 per cent to 60 per cent is possible across the different faculties and courses.
“Government has therefore, approved the reduction and, in accordance with the law setting up the university, forwarded its approval to the Governing Council for consideration and implementation.
“Pursuant to its mandate, the Governing Council will issue details of what is now payable by students in each department and deal with all other management matters of the university. All individuals and groups within the community are advised to relate to the university’s council accordingly,” Olukoga said.
He noted that notwithstanding the approval of reduced fees for the students, government will retain and continue with its enhanced scholarship and bursary provisions.
He said the research fund sponsored by the government will also be maintained to enhance a culture of research and innovation in the institution.
“Moreover, government will continue its increased spending on infrastructure and physical development of the campus, which has already begun to enhance the stature of the Lagos State University as a leading institution of higher learning in Nigeria,” the Special Adviser said.
Olukoga, who assured that LASU students who had been charged to court for disturbing public peace, will be given favourable consideration, said the government is optimistic that the students and workers of the university will immediately resume and assist the government in moving the state forward.
Flanked by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Aderemi Ibirogba, the Special Adviser to the governor on Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Raji and his Media counterpart, Mr. Hakeem Bello, Olukoga said the governor reduced the fees after extensive deliberation on the report of the ad-hoc committee.
His words: “The ad-hoc committee has recommended and government has accepted that the fees and charges payable by students for incidental services and materials are amendable to a downward review for two main reasons: •Some of the fees component have been applied to students across all levels when in fact, they can be justifiably limited to students at a particular level only; and •Some of the charges included can still be reduced on compassionate grounds.
“On the basis of these principles, government agrees that with the subsidized tuition fees and appropriate moderation of the incidental fees, a reduction ranging from 34 per cent to 60 per cent is possible across the different faculties and courses.
“Government has therefore, approved the reduction and, in accordance with the law setting up the university, forwarded its approval to the Governing Council for consideration and implementation.
“Pursuant to its mandate, the Governing Council will issue details of what is now payable by students in each department and deal with all other management matters of the university. All individuals and groups within the community are advised to relate to the university’s council accordingly,” Olukoga said.
He noted that notwithstanding the approval of reduced fees for the students, government will retain and continue with its enhanced scholarship and bursary provisions.
He said the research fund sponsored by the government will also be maintained to enhance a culture of research and innovation in the institution.
“Moreover, government will continue its increased spending on infrastructure and physical development of the campus, which has already begun to enhance the stature of the Lagos State University as a leading institution of higher learning in Nigeria,” the Special Adviser said.
Olukoga, who assured that LASU students who had been charged to court for disturbing public peace, will be given favourable consideration, said the government is optimistic that the students and workers of the university will immediately resume and assist the government in moving the state forward.
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