Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, the vice chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), has revealed that the university has implemented a work program for students.
According to Adamu-Abbas, the university hired students to perform some jobs for it in exchange for N15,000 per month.
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He gave a speech over the weekend in Kano when he met with a group from the university’s main campus and the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN).
According to Adamu-Sagir, the university also launched a program whereby students may work for the institution and get a monthly salary of N15,000.
This does not interfere with their regular learning because it does not need much of their time, unlike when certain students had to clean certain areas or perform other menial tasks at the university and were paid at the end of the month.
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The Vice Chancellor bemoaned the large expense of maintaining the institution in his remarks over the rise in registration fees, particularly the exorbitant cost of providing energy.
He disclosed that the monthly cost of power is approximately N35 million and the cost of diesel for generator purchases is approximately N40 million.
Vice Chancellor Adamu-Abbas claimed that with a student body of almost 45,000, including postgraduates, and a staff of over 5,000, both teaching and non-teaching, it was practically impossible to provide social services. As a result, the management was compelled to expand registration, he added.
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