Parents seeking admission for their wards into Ebonyi State University have cried out against alleged bribes lecturers and heads of department are demanding to offer them admission. The amount demanded, according to some of the parents who spoke to Daily Sun on condition of anonymity, ranged from N300,000 to N800,000 depending on the course the intending student wants to pursue.
There is, however, no bargaining for Medicine, which is pegged at N800,000 and N500,000 for Law and this is done with impunity irrespective of one’s score in the Joint Matriculation Examination (JME) and screening. “Yes, they demanded N800,000 from me to give my daughter admission, which I objected and had to seek for her admission at another university,” a woman disclosed to Daily Sun. Some of the lecturers interviewed, however, denied the allegation, saying the accusers were merely trying to paint the university in bad light while a few claimed they did so to enhance their finances.
The President of the Students’ Union Government, Mr. John Ogbu, described the allegation unfounded, saying, “we are very much against extortion of any kind. The school management and students’ union do not in anyway participate or encourage anybody to extort money from any individual in the case of admission or whatsoever.”
He argued that due process was followed in giving admission to anyone, noting that “where you write your JAMB and have O/L, you apply to the school of your choice and at the end of the day, if you were able to get the requirements, the school will expressly give you admission. There is no need for extortion; there is no room for extortion, not in the union or the school management.”
Daily Sun gathered from a competent source close to the management that under normal circumstances, a semester in the university would cost a student approximately N300,000 instead of the N50, 000 paid but the government was paying almost N350,000 per student to reduce the financial burden on parents.
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There is, however, no bargaining for Medicine, which is pegged at N800,000 and N500,000 for Law and this is done with impunity irrespective of one’s score in the Joint Matriculation Examination (JME) and screening. “Yes, they demanded N800,000 from me to give my daughter admission, which I objected and had to seek for her admission at another university,” a woman disclosed to Daily Sun. Some of the lecturers interviewed, however, denied the allegation, saying the accusers were merely trying to paint the university in bad light while a few claimed they did so to enhance their finances.
The President of the Students’ Union Government, Mr. John Ogbu, described the allegation unfounded, saying, “we are very much against extortion of any kind. The school management and students’ union do not in anyway participate or encourage anybody to extort money from any individual in the case of admission or whatsoever.”
He argued that due process was followed in giving admission to anyone, noting that “where you write your JAMB and have O/L, you apply to the school of your choice and at the end of the day, if you were able to get the requirements, the school will expressly give you admission. There is no need for extortion; there is no room for extortion, not in the union or the school management.”
Daily Sun gathered from a competent source close to the management that under normal circumstances, a semester in the university would cost a student approximately N300,000 instead of the N50, 000 paid but the government was paying almost N350,000 per student to reduce the financial burden on parents.
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