Kogi varsity defends fee hike, cites NELFUND for 4,032 students

The vice-chancellor of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Prof. Salisu Usman, says 4,032 students have been approved for loans under the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).
Usman said this while defending the university’s fee increase at an investigative hearing organised by the Kogi House of Assembly on Tuesday in Lokoja.
The hearing followed a petition alleging arbitrary increases in fees by the managements of PAAU and Kogi State Polytechnic.
The VC said the recent fee review was not arbitrary but part of a unified fee structure approved by the Kogi Government for its three state-owned universities.
Usman said the review followed a government directive issued i...