Wesley University slashes tuition fees
The management of Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo, has announced the reduction of its tuition fees by half.
The faith-based university said the development was part of its efforts to contribute to the development of humankind.
Prof. Samuel Obeka, the Vice Chancellor of the university, disclosed this on Monday, in a statement.
According to him, the 50% discount in tuition fees is for some of the programmes in the departments of Natural and Applied Sciences, Education, Agriculture, Finance and Investment, and Economics of the institution.
The Vice-Chancellor explained that the affected programmes are very significant to national development but are not well-subscribed to, by students due to their “high tuition fees and assumed abstract or ambiguous nature.”
He said, “The gesture was implemented to encourage parents and guardians to allow their children and wards to enjoy the benefits and endowments inherent in the institution. This is also done in fulfillment of the promise made at the inception of our university to give opportunities to all Nigerians for professional and academic development, and thereby, contribute to national development.
“The Methodist Church Nigeria thought it wise to establish Wesley University, Ondo, as part of her efforts to midwife effective and robust national ethos and practical implementation of national development policies.”
The Don said the institution offered 44 academic programmes spread across nine colleges which were all approved and accredited by the National Universities Commission.
Some of the programmes, he said, were in the Colleges of Law, Arts, Education, Natural and Applied Sciences, Environmental Design and Management, Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Health Sciences, and Social and Management Sciences.
“Wesley University also runs a school of postgraduate studies, a School of Continuing Education, as well as an Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, all ready to develop the skilled and well-informed manpower needed to move Nigeria forward in her quest for giant developmental strides, and to take her pride of place among the comity of progressive and developed nations.
“The programmes in these colleges include – Community Health, Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Library and Information Science, as well as Law and Nursing Science, ” he mentioned.”
Obeka noted that the government should address the issue of fuel subsidy removal and the realities of the proposed palliative measures first, instead of increasing the tuition fees of the government-owned universities.
