Haruna Iddrisu calls for limits on annual university accommodation fee increases

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has proposed a framework to regulate annual increases in accommodation charges at public universities, suggesting that adjustments could be guided by inflation and set within a range of five to 10 per cent.

He called for a committee to examine accommodation costs and recommend permissible annual increases to Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson under the Fees and Charges Act.

The five to 10 per cent range remains a suggestion by the minister, rather than an approved cap.