The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has reviewed the school fees to be paid by the students.

In the new review, the new students are to pay #164,000 not the initial charge of #190,000, this was revealed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olanrewaju, on Monday, September 25, 2023.

He stated that the school Management reduced the fees after a meeting with the students.

Olanrewaju said, the Students Union leaders adamantly insisted that the fees should be reduced by 50%. He added that the University Management made it clear that the new charges were the minimum the University require to run efficiently.

“Thankfully, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, announced that the initial charges announced have been reduced as follows:

“For students in Humanities, the initial sundry charges of #89,200 for returning students have been reduced to #76,000 while the new students in the Humanities, the initial fees of #151,200 have been reduced to #131,000.”

For those in the Sciences and Technology, the initial charges of #101,200, for returning students is now #86,000 while the new students in the same Faculties will now pay #141,000 instead of the initial #163,200.”

In the same vein, the returning students in the Pharmacy and College of Health Sciences will now pay #109,000 instead of #128,200. The new students in the Faculties will now pay #164,000 instead of the initial charges of #190,000.

The statement further added that the University Management has agreed that the payment can be in two equal installments.

Meanwhile, the University Portal is now open to students for payment.