The Management of the University of Calabar (Unical) has announced increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates by over 100 per cent.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was made in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar.
In the statement by the institution’s spokesman, Mr Effiong Eyo, it said the upward review of the fees was taken at an emergency meeting of the university’s Senate.
The release disclosed that the implementation of the upward review takes effect from the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.
NAN reports that with the increment, freshers, returning students and the final year students for the non science courses are expected to pay N111,000, N91,500 and N114,000 respectively.
In addition, they are also to pay N36,500, N21,500 and N21,500 respectively as third party dues.
Simirlarly, fees for science courses were increased to N155,000, N125,000 and N148,000 respectively for freshers, returning students and final year students.
