UNIBEN may bar 5,000 students from exams over unpaid fees

Not little than 5,000 students of the University of Benin hazard being barred from penning the second-semester examinations scheduled to commence connected Monday, September 29, implicit nonaccomplishment to wage schoolhouse charges.

In a memo by the Registrar of the institution, Ademola Bobola, the assemblage announced the strict enforcement of its “no outgo of schoolhouse charges, nary examination” policy, insisting that repeated reminders to defaulters had been ignored.

“The assemblage absorption  is successful receipt of the database of students who person failed to wage their schoolhouse charges contempt repeated reminders.

“These students person besides failed to subscribe to students’ loans being provided by the Nigerian Education Students’ Loan Fund (NELFUND),” Bobola said.

The registrar said each efforts to promote the affected students to either wage their fees oregon entree the NELFUND installation had yielded nary affirmative response.

“With the 2nd semester introspection acceptable to statesman connected Monday, Sept. 29, these students shall beryllium barred from penning the examination,  if they neglect to wage their schoolhouse charges, oregon subscribe to the students’ indebtedness by NELFUND,” helium said.

The registrar disclosed that the Senate had directed Provosts, Deans, Directors, and Heads of Departments to people the database of each defaulters by 8 a.m. connected Monday.

According to him, this is  to alteration affected students to corroborate their presumption and marque last-minute payments earlier examinations commence.

According to him, an enforcement task force, headed by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), has besides been acceptable up to show and guarantee strict compliance with the directive.

“Management expects afloat practice and compliance by each stakeholders to support the university’s precocious standards,” helium stated.

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