The Reasons we were ‘forced’ to hike registration fees- BUK VC

Adamu-Abass who spoke to journalists in Abuja, on Sunday, said the institution had a monthly electricity bill of N35m.

He also noted that the university authority introduced various measures to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal on the part of the staff and ameliorate the impact of the recent registration fees hike on the part of students.

Speaking further on youth unemployment, the don noted that the National Universities Commission redesigned the curriculum to ensure that Nigerian graduates compete on the global stage.

The VC said, “Nigerian universities, not just BUK, have to redesign their curriculum. But I believe, you know that the NUC has already commenced that and we have already keyed in and we have already submitted our 30% curriculum review to NUC.

“We factored industry and professional bodies in designing the 30% curriculum. That was what we did and submitted to the NUC. When students graduate, they can easily fit into the industries or they can create something on their own,” he said.

Speaking on the increase of registration fees, the Vice Chancellor lamented that, “the cost of running the institution was enormous, especially the high cost of provision of electricity, which he estimated about 75 million monthly. The bill for electricity is about N35 million monthly while the bill for the purchase of diesel for generators is about 40 million