The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Prof. Musibau Akanji, has described as baseless rumour, the proposed hike in tuition fees by 38 federal universities.
Akanji said there is no plan to hike the tuition fees of federal universities in the country.
He said that the university management condemned the allegation in all its totality, stating that the rumour was meant to cause panic and confusion.
In a statement signed by the university Deputy Director of Information, Mrs. Lydia Legbo, the vice chancellor reiterated that the management of FUT Minna does not collect tuition fees from its students, adding that what the students pay are minimal fees charged for other services.

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