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Students May Pay N80,000 Electricity Fee In Varsities – Vcs’ Panel by shafykay(m): 6:51am On Aug 01 |
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities has said university students may likely be charged N80,000 or more to cover the high electricity tariffs. Secretary-General, CVCNU, Prof Yakubu Ochefu, in an interview with our correspondent, said universities could not afford the over N200m they were being charged monthly for electricity. They were charged N61m monthly before the introduction of the Band A system following the hike in electricity tariff. In April 2024, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission announced an increase in electricity tariff paid by Band A customers from N68/KWh to N225/KWh, which was a 300 per cent increment. Band A customers are those who enjoy electricity supply for at least 20 hours per day. Many universities have cried out over soaring electricity bill following the new policy. For instance, Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, and the University of Benin lamented receiving N3.6bn electricity bills, averaging N300m monthly under the Band A tariff. Also, VC, UNIBEN, Prof Lilian Salami, said the university had been disconnected from the national grid because it could not afford to pay about N300m monthly for electricity Last Saturday, Babcock University, Ogun said it paid N300m in May for electricity. “Before the new tariff, universities were paying around N1bn annually, but now the cost has risen to N4bn per annum. How are they supposed to find such funds? How much is being allocated to universities for their overhead budgets? “If the FG doesn’t step in to rescue the universities, the costs will be transferred to students as user charges, amounting to N80,000 per student. Alternatively, universities will have to limit their operations to four hours a day. “For example, UNIBEN is currently running a generator for four hours daily, which costs them N60m a month. This is unsustainable given the need for a functioning library, internet access, and laboratory facilities,” Ochefu said. He said vice-chancellors had written to the Federal Government and were waiting for the pro-chancellors to follow up with the request. “The charges presented before us are unrealistic. Universities can’t afford to pay N200m or N300m monthly for electricity. The Federal Government needs to reconsider this decision. We have written to the President, requesting a concessionary rate or a return to the previous rate based on the funding provided by the FG to universities. There has been no response yet. We wrote the letter when the policy was first announced. The matter is now in the hands of the pro-chancellors, as it is a critical funding issue. The Vice-Chancellors have done their part,” Ochefu said. 1 Like |
Re: Students May Pay N80,000 Electricity Fee In Varsities – Vcs’ Panel by doggedfighter(f): 6:54am On Aug 01 |
This country ! 1 Like |
Re: Students May Pay N80,000 Electricity Fee In Varsities – Vcs’ Panel by EreluRoz: 6:56am On Aug 01 |
Asiwaju can't handle Nigeria the way he handled Lagos, it'll never be possible. He should better write his name in good books 1 Like |
Re: Students May Pay N80,000 Electricity Fee In Varsities – Vcs’ Panel by shafykay(m): 7:04am On Aug 01 |
Re: Students May Pay N80,000 Electricity Fee In Varsities – Vcs’ Panel by hisgrace090: 7:46am On Aug 01 |
Any amount one makes today goes back to tinubu through high tax. 1 Like |
Re: Students May Pay N80,000 Electricity Fee In Varsities – Vcs’ Panel by RepoMan007: 9:06am On Aug 01 |
What and what are they using the energy on. A good starting point will be migration of daytime activities to renewables. 1 Like |
Re: Students May Pay N80,000 Electricity Fee In Varsities – Vcs’ Panel by richiemcgold: 4:16pm On Aug 01 |
The last time I lambasted our universities for their failure to generate electricity, I got a lot of replies on this forum calling me all sorts of abusive names. I'm sure many of them are university workers (academic & non-academic). You call yourselves gurus and professors, yet you cannot use the knowledge to generate 40% of the electricity you consumed on your campuses. I say shame on you all. |
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