The Muffin Man
The University of Ibadan Students' Representative Council has approved the increase in the basic dues payable in faculties and halls of residence in the school from N3,000 to N4,000.
This resolution was reached during an emergency sitting of the council which was held online on Monday, 7th of April, 2025, following an earlier emergency sitting during which the council had mandated representatives in faculties and halls of residence to gather the perspectives of students in these constituencies regarding the increment.
There was a hiatus during the sitting during which members of the council collated the responses of various students in all the constituencies in the school, following which Hon. Ajayi James from the Faculty of Technology constituency, seconded by Hon. Oyebanji Israel from the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, moved that the dues be increased to N5,000, while Hon. Adedokun Kudus from Great Independence Hall, seconded by Hon. Omojola Tobiloba David from Mellanby Hall, moved that the new maximum amount payable be N3,500.
Another Hon. Peter Oduola moved for the dues to be increased to N4,000, a motion seconded by Olanrewaju Lekan from Great Independence Hall.
Subsequently, Hon. Okikiola Mojoyinoluwa from Sultan Bello Hall moved to amend Hon. Ajayi James's motion to reduce the proposed amount from N5,000 to N4,000, following which the council put it to a vote.
At the end of the vote, the total number of votes in support of the N3,500 dues stood at 17, while 24 voted in support of a maximum payable amount of N4,000.
