This is to inform the general public, particularly parents and guardians of our students, that in view of the current economic realities inthe nation, the need to continue to provide quality and competitive education for our students and the need to maintain infrastructural facilities in the University, the authorities of Obafemi Amolowo University, Ile-Ife, have deemed it necessary to review her charges upward, if she is to continue to maintain her postion as a foremost university in NigeriaIt is pertinent to say that before this review, the charges being paid by the students of our University were not only the lowest in the in the entire Nigerian University system but also the most ridiculous in the entire tertiary educational system Africa. The charges indeed were paid continuously by students for 10 years without any increase! The table below contains details of the charges currently being paid by students of Obafemi Awolowo University per session.

Faculty/Programmes 

Medicine, Dentistry, Medical Rehabilitation and Nursing 

N12,800.00

(Twelve thousand eight hundred naira only)

Accommodation Per Session

N2,590.00 (two thousand five hundred and ninety naira only

This is in spite of millions of Naira being paid monthly as electricity bill, cost of diesel,treatment of potable water, repairs of facilities, maintenance of halls of residence and municipal upkeep. For instance, Obafemi Awolowo University paid the sum of N30 million Naira for electricity alone in the month of April, 2014 of which over 70% of the consumption was utilized by students who pay nothing for municipal upkeep etc. 

Consequently, in view of the high cost of running the University and to ensure that our students are provided qualitative and competitive education in an enabling academic environment, the need to have some resources to purchase chemicals, consumables, modern laboratory equipment, current books, periodicals and journals, the continuous provision of electricity, portable and clean water, faster internet facilities of which Obafemi Awolowo University is the only University in Nigeria with cloud computing and i-Lab and telepresence facilities, Senate, as well as the Governing Council of the University, after due and exhaustive deliberation of all issues, approved the charges for FRESH STUDENTS as indicated below: 

CHARGES FOR FRESH STUDENTS: 2013/2014 SESSION 

Faculty/Programmes 

MEDICINE/PHARMACY/HEALTH SCIENCES

Charges

N57,700

Per Session

Indeed, when compared with other Federal Universities, Obafemi Awolowo University's charges are still among the lowest and most equitable in the Nigerian university system. In order to assist the poor but brilliant students, the Senate of the Universit has also set up a Student Education Relief Committee where scholarships, grant opportunities for work study will be provided for this set of students. 

A Development Levy of Eighteen thousand naira (N18,000.00) and all by fresh students throughout the duration of their studentship in the University.For Returning Undergraduates, the Senate of the University, as well as the University 

Governing Council, considered a new regime of charges and approved as in the table below: 

CHARGES FOR RETURNING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 

Faculty/Programmes 

MEDICINE/PHARMACY/HEALTH SCIENCES 

Charges

N33,700 

Per Session 

Indeed, with these new charges, there is still no University in Nigeria, Africa or in the world Where University undergraduates still pay so ridiculously low for education. 

Finally, the University authorities hereby solicit the understanding and support of parents, guardians and the general public as they join hands with the University to continue to provide the best education for their chilaren/wards so that they can be employable and competitive in the intellectual market of the 21st Century. 

Signed

'Dotun Awoyemi 

Registrar and Secretary to Council