UNILORIN: Management Chides Critics over Tuition Fee Deadline

The management of the University of Ilorin has described as unnecessary the criticism over deadline for payment of tuition fee in the University.

Mr. Kunle Akogun, the Head of its Corporate Affairs Unit,  in a press statement said the University decried the attempt by some people to whip up sentiment over a policy of the institution.

According to Mr. Akogun, he said the University’s commitment to rules and regulations was one of the secrets behind its academic excellence, stable calendar and zero-vice status, for which it has become the toast of admission seekers and parents for the past 15 years.

He also added,“For the avoidance of doubt, the University of Ilorin, known for its strict adherence to rules of good administration, has a well-laid down academic calendar, which it follows very strictly and all our students and staff have keyed-in into this culture qnd also at the beginning of every semester, the deadlines for the school fees are set.

He also added that the portal can not be open for ever, and it had to be closed for the last time with the approach of the semester examinations.

The University management sympathises with the few students who, for one reason or the other, could not pay their fees within the permissible time-frame. But the laid-down rule must take its course if we are to avoid a descent into anomie.

He concluded by saying, “we are trying to build an ideal society where rules and regulations would be strictly applied and obeyed to foster the great nation of our dream”.