The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Council of Legal Education to immediately halt the increase in Nigerian law school fees.
Obinna Chinda moved the resolution on behalf of his absent colleague, Kingsley Chinda.
The House of Representatives also directed its Tertiary Education and Services Committees “to explore solutions to the issue at hand and report back within two weeks for further legislative action, as time is of the essence.”
Leading the debate on the motion titled, “Need to check the 60 percent increase in the Nigerian Law School Fees,” Obinna called the attention of the House to the fact that “Nigeria is currently facing a 27.33 percent inflation rate, as reported by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, which is projected by trade economics to rise to 30 percent by December 2024.”
He informed his colleagues that the Council of Legal Education “has approved a 60% increase in Nigerian law school fees from N296,000.00 to N476,000.00 for the 2023-2024 Bar Part II academic session.”
He warned that unless prompt action was taken, the fee increase would have a severe impact on students attending the Nigerian Law School.
