The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, called on the Council of Legal Education to stop forthwith the increment of the Nigerian Law School fees.
The House made the resolution following a motion by Obinna Chinda on behalf of his absent colleague, Kingsley Chinda.
The House also mandated its Committees on Tertiary Education and Services “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 per cent 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 per cent inflation rate, as reported by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, which is projected by trade economics to rise to 30 per cent by December 2024.”
He told his colleagues that the Council of Legal Education “has approved a 60 per cent increase in Nigerian law school fees from N296,000.00 to N476,000 in the 2023/2024 Bar Part II academic session.”
He said unless immediate steps were taken the fee hike would impact negatively on students going to the Nigerian Law School.
