Success Nwogu, IlorinThe Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed and the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, on Thursday said the Joint Executive-Legislative Committee on the hike in tuition fees of Kwara Polytechnic has directed a new few regime for the institution. But the Speaker, during a media briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State, said the committee, which comprised the highest officers of both the executive and legislative arms of the Government of Kwara State, after forensic review of facts and figures, directed a new regime of fee payment. The briefing was attended by House members, including the House leader, Mr. Hassan Oyeleke; Chairman, House Committee on Education, Jimoh Abdulrahman; Matthew Babaoye, as well as some students of Kwara Poly. The governor later in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, directed the management of Kwara State Polytechnic to reduce tuition fees payable for the 2017/2018 academic session. According to him, the new approved tuition fees are lower than the 2016/2017 fees.

Source: Punch January 04, 2018 15:12 UTC