Kwara Assembly Wades into Kwara Poly Tuition Fee lmbroglio

Date: 2017-12-07

The Kwara State House of Assembly has waded into the rift between the Management and Students of Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin, over disputation about increase in the tuition fees, for the 2017/2018 academic year.

Speaking after a three-hour meeting between the Legislature, Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr. Aminat Ahmed, Governing Council, Management and Student representatives of the institution, the Speaker, Dr Ali Ahmad,who presided over the meeting, said the House was committed to finding an enduring solution to the impasse.

Dr. Ahmad said the House found as a fact that there was a 19.4 % increase in the tuition for 2017/2018 academic session over that of 2016/2017 session. Similarly, information available at the hearing shows an increase of between 18% and 33.3 % for 2017/2018 session over and above fees paid in 2016/2017. The legislature thereafter directed the school management to reflect the 50% reduction in fees as directed by the State Governor.

However, the Parliament urged the institution to seriously improve on its communication channels with students to avoid future controversies. It also urged the management to resuscitate Student Union Government to ensure students' representation on key policy decisions that could impact their wellbeing.

The Parliament further directed the management and students to furnish it within 24 hours with further details or documents, if any.

The lawmakers, which included the Deputy Speaker, Leader, Chairman and members of the Committee on Education, thanked educationists and other stakeholders, especially the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for his interest in provision of quality but affordable education across the country. The House also appreciated the high sense of purposefulness and maturity displayed by students and other Stakeholders at the hearing.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Oluronke Adeyemi     High Court     Baba Isale     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     PharmAccess Foundation     Arandun     Christopher Odetunde     Segun Ogunsola     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     National Democratic Congress     Abdulkarim Adisa     Najim Yaasin     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Omupo     Centre For Digital Economy     Ilorin Curfew     GGDSS Pakata     Pacify Labs     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Isiaka Alikinla     Kazeem Gbolagade     Barakat Community Secondary School     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Salihu Yahaya     MINILS     Kaiama     Usman Rifun     Egbewole     Labaeka     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Budo Egba     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Femi Oladiji     Moses Afolayan     Monthly Sanitation     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Moses Rahman Popoola     Kulende     Emir Of Kano     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Niyi Ogundiran     Owo Arugbo     Kwara Consultative Forum     Kunle Okeowo     Oyawoye     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Kazeem Oladepo     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     JMK Construction Company Limited     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ademola Kiyesola     Ariyo     Dan Masanin     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Shonga     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Emir Of Shonga     School Of Nursing     Ahmad Lawan     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     AbdulHamid Adi     Obasanjo     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Seni Saraki     Ilorin Amusement Park     Ashiru     Kaosarah Adeyi     Alfa Belgore     Sheriff Olanrewaju    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

COVID-19 Palliatives     Offa Descendants Union     Al-Ilory     Obayomi Azeez     Kehinde Boyede     Isiaka Gold     REO CAKES     Pakata Patriots     Oyelere Oyinloye     University Road     Musa Yeketi     Mary Arinde     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     SAPZ Project     Bahago     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Yinka Aluko     Olosi Of Osi     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Omoniyi Ayinla     Turaki Of Ilorin     Awoye     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Sanitation Exercise     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     First Lady     Ilorin Amusement Park     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     General Hospital     AIT Ilorin     Akeem Lawal     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Alaaya     Mubarak Oladosu     Ayodele Shittu     Yakubu Gobir     Kwara Basketball Association     Kayode Laro     Amada Jidda     Saka Isau     Afetu Of Alabe     Kwara 2015     Esinrogunjo     Kulende     Kwara 2023     Asa     Harrison Osauwagboe     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Babaita     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Guber Aspirant     Age AbdulKareem     Makama Of Kaiama     Waheed Ibrahim     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Kwara State Football Association     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Henry Makinwa     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Shettima     Kayode Alabi     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ojuekun     Amuda Aluko     JMK Construction Company Limited     Toyosi Thomas     Bayo Onimago     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Bluenile Associates     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone