UNILAG Students Refute Claims of N10,000 Examination Docket Fees
Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have denied claims that they were asked to pay between N5,000 and N10,000 for examination dockets, clarifying that actual fees range from N500 to N2,500.
Chris Oyeoku Okafor 
Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have denied allegations that they were mandated to pay between N5,000 and N10,000 for examination dockets before being granted access to the ongoing semester examinations. Investigations have revealed that the actual charges range between N500 and N2,500, contrary to the widely circulated claims.
The controversy stemmed from reports that some UNILAG departments were allegedly requesting exorbitant fees for examination dockets. However, findings confirmed that the fees were significantly lower than the reported amounts.
A student from the Faculty of Arts, Kingsley Eze, dismissed the claims, stating that his department only required students to pay N500 for a docket. “No, it cannot be that students are asked to pay N10,000 for the docket. However, I heard some departments charge as much as N2,500 for a docket. In my department, we just paid N500, and it was not compulsory,” he explained.
Similarly, a student representative from the Faculty of Management Sciences clarified that the dues students were complaining about were regular semester dues expected to have been paid earlier. The 300-level student, who spoke anonymously, explained that these dues cover various obligations such as faculty and departmental fees.
“These dues have been required since the beginning of the semester, and they are not up to N10,000. For my department, the total dues for the semester amount to N9,000, which includes N1,000 faculty dues, N2,000 departmental dues, N2,000 for the Management Science Association, N2,000 for my department (Actuarial Science), and N500 for my club,” the student detailed.
The student further noted that the alleged N500 examination docket fee was not included in their semester charges, emphasizing that students who had settled their dues earlier in the semester faced no issues regarding examination entry.
The university management has yet to issue an official statement on the matter, but students maintain that the initial reports of exorbitant docket fees were exaggerated and misleading.
