Taraba state governor Agbu Kefas has approved a 50 percent reduction in student tuition at the state varsity.
He gave the order on an unplanned visit to the state university to inspect the institution’s state.
According to the governor, the goal is to mitigate the disastrous impacts of the federal government’s suspension of subsidies, which has left some students unable to pay their tuition.
During his visit, the governor discovered that a total of 53 courses offered in the institution are without accreditation, hike in school fees and poor students hostel.
He also ordered a report on why some graduates of the institution do not go for NYSC or law school when he met the management of the institution