NAU nursing students protest 544% hike in school fees

Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, School of Nursing, have protested the “shocking increase” in their tuition fees from N90,000 to N580,000. In an internal memo reportedly issued on January 23 by O. I. Ezejiofor, CMAC/chairman of the board of NAUTH College of Nursing, the hospital management announced an upward review of […]

Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, School of Nursing, have protested the “shocking increase” in their tuition fees from N90,000 to N580,000.

In an internal memo reportedly issued on January 23 by O. I. Ezejiofor, CMAC/chairman of the board of NAUTH College of Nursing, the hospital management announced an upward review of the students’ school fees, citing the need to upgrade the institution.

In the breakdown of the new fees attached to the memo, N250,000 was listed as tuition, N50,000 for maintenance/caution fee, N50,000 for library fee, N30,000 for medical fee, and N60,000 for examination fees.

The list also includes N20,000 portal fee, N30,000 for transport, N50,000 for accreditation, and N40,000 for another maintenance fee, bringing the total to N580,000.

In response to the hike, the students staged a protest in front of the hospital’s main gate on Tuesday.

As of the time of filing this report, the hospital management had yet to make an official comment on the incident.

In a statement on Sunday, Chukwuelue Chisom, the student union president of the college, acknowledged students’ concerns over the increment, saying the student leadership was engaging the hospital management on the matter.