Bayero University Kano, BUK, has increased hostel and administrative fees for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
A KANO FOCUS report, quoting official bulletin of the university, said the senate of the university approved the fee hike at its 378th meeting.
The university registrar, Amina Abdullahi, stated that hostel fees for Nigerian postgraduate students has been increased from N12,150 to N25,150.
Mrs Abdullahi said international postgraduate students will pay N80,000 in the 2019/2020 session instead of N60,000.
Also undergraduate students will pay N20,090 hostel fee instead of the previous N12,090, while a bed space without mattress will now cost N12,090 instead of the former N7,090.
In addition, the university has doubled the acceptance fee for all undergraduate courses from N5,000 to N10,000.
Mrs Abdullahi added that the re-issuance of statement of result now costs N1,000 as against the former N500.
The registrar also announced the introduction of new administrative charges.
According to her, Certificate of English Proficiency, re-issuance of admission letters, and correction of names on the admission letter now attract charges of N1,000 each.
She added that reprinting of Course Registration Forms, CRFs, or evidence of payment of registration fees will now cost N500 each.
The BUK senate has also introduced the payment of additional N3,000 for Pharmaceutical Science students and N20,000 for M.Sc. Architecture students.
Other charges approved by the senate include N5,000 per session for B.Sc. and B.Sc.(Ed) Geography in the School of Continuing Education as well as N10,000 for field trip for Level 500 students of both courses.
The registrar added that the BUK senate has also increased membership fees of all students associations from N200 to N300 which will now be collected centrally with effect from the 2019/2020 session.
