The administration of Ekiti State College, Ado Ekiti, has stated that the rise in charges payable by contemporary college students for the 2024/2025 educational session relies on the necessity to complement the month-to-month subvention to the establishment by the state authorities.
The Head, Directorate of Data and Company Affairs, Bode Olofinmuagun, stated that the rise within the charges to be paid by contemporary college students was marginal.
Olofinmuagun gave the trace in an announcement dated November 24, 2024, made accessible in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Monday.
Based on a desk made accessible by the Data Directorate Head, the brand new charges payable by the contemporary college students of Ekiti State origin are between N247,500 for the College of Training and N982,500 for the College of Drugs and Surgical procedure whereas these of non-indigenes are between N307,000 (Training) and N1.13m (Drugs and Surgical procedure).
Olofinmuagun said that the choice to extend the college charges was “taken to enrich the month-to-month authorities subvention to the college, which had been reviewed upward by Governor Biodun Oyebanji.
“For readability, operational prices within the college have elevated occasioned by the rise in costs of products and providers by about 200 per cent attributable to excessive inflation. But, the Governing Council of the college solely adjusted the charges payable by freshers, by 50 per cent.
“It’s equally necessary to state that there’s a dire want for the college to maintain the system operating by way of the availability of high quality in addition to state-of-the-art amenities to make sure that the college is related within the comity of universities throughout the globe,” he stated.
Olofinmuagun, who stated that the charges payable by returning college students weren’t affected by the rise, stated, “Additionally, the acceptance charges to be paid by freshers aren’t affected even when many different universities elevated their acceptance charges.
“It’s a verifiable proven fact that EKSU charges are very inexpensive in contrast with most state universities and lots of federal universities, to not speak of charges being charged per time period by many non-public secondary colleges throughout the nation.”
He appealed to stakeholders, notably college students to be calm on account of the problems surrounding the adjustment in charges.