Kaduna government evaluates tuition as part of subsidy withdrawal

The state administration of Kaduna has reassessed the tuition costs for residents attending colleges and universities there.

In a Monday press conference, Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani remarked, “The current fees system in the State-owned higher institutions is oppressive and has resulted in a considerable reduction in student enrolments.

Many students have chosen to leave tertiary education altogether or transfer to other institutions as a result of the current rates.

He emphasised that adopting a competitive fees model in the higher institutions was crucial if we were to buck the trend.

Moreover, he said that as a government that cares about its citizens and acts responsibly, it had accepted the proposals and revised the rates lower in accordance with:

Kaduna State University’s current tuition is N150,000, but that amount has been reduced by 30%, making the new charge N105,000. Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic,

N50,000 will replace the current charge of N100,000, which has been reduced by half.

Others include Shehu Idris College of Health Sciences & Technology, Makarfi, offering HND Courses, with current fees of N100,000 and N70,000, respectively, and College of Education, Gidan Waya, with current fees of N75,000 and N37,500 and a 50% decrease, respectively. The revised fee for ND courses, which were formerly N75,000, is now N52,000, and the tuition for Kaduna State College of Nursing, which was previously N100,000, is now N70,000 after a 30% drop.

According to Governor Sani, the State government’s commitment to providing palliatives to mitigate the effects of the general growing expense of living was linked with the downward revision of the current pricing regime.