{"id":165796,"date":"2025-06-05T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university"},"modified":"2025-06-05T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:16:16","slug":"kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university","title":{"rendered":"Kano govt explains fee hike at Northwest University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kano State Government has explained why registration fee at Northwest University was recently increased from \u20a617,000 to \u20a657,000, following complaints from students.<\/p>\n<p>According to the government, the new fee is connected to the Federal Government\u2019s Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) program, which the university has adopted.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, who is also the Commissioner for Higher Education, gave this explanation on Thursday while receiving members of the National Association of Kano State Students (NAKSS).<\/p>\n<p>The students had come on a condolence visit after 22 athletes from the state died in a road accident while returning from a sports event in Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>Gwarzo said the university is not asking students to pay the increased fee directly. Instead, students are expected to enroll in the NELFUND scheme, and the university will receive the money from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe school is not requesting money from students. What is required is evidence of enrollment, as the university will receive the funds directly from NELFUND,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that other universities have already benefited from the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBayero University, Kano received over \u20a6900 million because many students registered for NELFUND. Northwest University only got \u20a64 million,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that some universities in other regions got more than \u20a61 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation compelled us, as administrators, to make the decision to increase the registration fee, in order to encourage all students to register under NELFUND. The university will receive its share of the funds, and students will also receive monthly stipends,\u201d Gwarzo added.<\/p>\n<p>He told students not to worry about the fact that NELFUND is a loan. \u201cRepayment only begins after the student gets a good job and has worked for two years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Governor urged students who are facing challenges with registration to speak to the university\u2019s NELFUND desk officers for help.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked the student leaders to educate their colleagues about the benefits of the program and to support each other during the enrollment process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kano State Government has explained why registration fee at Northwest University was recently increased from \u20a617,000 to \u20a657,000, following complaints from students. According to the government, the new fee is connected to the Federal Government\u2019s Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) program, which the university has adopted. The Deputy Governor of Kano State, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[372,254,17681,4829],"class_list":["post-165796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kano","tag-nigeria","tag-northwest-university","tag-school-fees-hike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kano govt explains fee hike at Northwest University - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kano State Government has explained why registration fee at Northwest University was recently increased from \u20a617,000 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kano govt explains fee hike at Northwest University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kano State Government has explained why registration fee at Northwest University was recently increased from \u20a617,000 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T15:13:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-05T16:16:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749127626.998779.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kano govt explains fee hike at Northwest University\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-05T15:13:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-05T16:16:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749127626.998779.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kano\",\"Nigeria\",\"Northwest University\",\"School fees hike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kano-govt-explains-fee-hike-at-northwest-university\",\"name\":\"Kano govt explains fee hike at Northwest University - 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