Quadri Yahya
The first time you read the claim under the comment section of the University of Abuja’s Facebook page, your doubt becomes awakened. You ask yourself: Could this be ever true in Nigeria? You’ve heard of free education, but N190 as tuition and hostel fees are ridiculous. You read the post well; but now, your experience of Nigeria makes you doubt its truthfulness.
You recall that in the previous week, the management had increased the tuition – and hostel fee – overnight without any explanation – at least, no one seems to be asking questions.
The current fees charged in tertiary institutions’ make it hard for you to believe that someone might have paid the sum of N190 between 1996 – 2000 at the same institution where you now pay 400 times that amount.
Rhodes Adamusa, who claimed to be an alumnus of your school, UniAbuja, was fortunate to meet Nigeria when schooling was cheaply affordable to the poor masses.
“I had a great time at the University of Abuja”, her terse comment on a post beseeching alumni to ‘share (their) inspiring success stories with us, and reflect on how (their) time at the UofA has shaped (their) career’, read.
I wonder if the current students – especially the struggling ones – in various Nigerian institutions can describe this time as ‘a good time’.
“l paid hundred naira as school fees and ninety naira for accommodation”, said Adamusa, as her Facebook name shows.
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