The announcement that Osun State University had raised tuition for the next academic year has been characterized by the university’s administration as false.
Ademola Adesoji, the university’s public relations officer, noted in a statement made public on Monday that the price modifications made recently were just for ancillary costs, not tuition.
“Tuition costs are not included in the current fee revisions; only ancillary expenses are.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Clement Adebooye, already said that there will be no increase in tuition prices as a result of the current economic difficulties. The University reiterates this position.
“The stated increase that was allegedly seen on the school’s website is characterized as such and has nothing to do with tuition.
“Osun State University is still dedicated to offering top-notch instruction while guaranteeing accuracy and transparency in its public relations,” Adesoji continued.
In the meantime, The Osun Masterminds, or TOM, denied the alleged cutback in financing to UNIOSUN in their state of the state speech in November.
TOM asserted in the speech delivered by its Executive Director, Professor Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli, that a decrease in UNIOSUN’s subsidy would have such a significant impact that the organization would have to boost its income.
“We are aware that the government’s funding for Osun State University has recently decreased.
We are unsure of the basis for this decision, but we vehemently oppose cutting Osun State University’s financing.
It said, “The implications of a reduction in subvention are such that the institution will be forced to increase its revenue, particularly through an increase in School fees, to continue to meet its recurrent and capital obligations.”
TOM said, “Resorting to this will put even more strain on parents who are already struggling due to the unrest in the nation.”
The government, however, insisted that it found the accusations by TOM curious since the Vice Chancellor openly acknowledged that the current government has done more for the university than any other government in the state, in a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke.
It is odd, in our opinion, that the group feels it is appropriate to overlook the fact that the present administration completed a number of university projects that were shelved and forced the Vice Chancellor to come clean.
The speaker expressed his expectation that the group would highlight university projects started and finished by the Adeleke administration, if it weren’t for political bias. Instead, they would have focused on adjustments to overhead financing, which even the university management acknowledged was covered by the significant capital funding support the university receives from the state government.
