Landmark varsity approves free tuition for agric-related programmes
The management of Landmark University, Omu-Aran in Kwara State, has approved free tuition for all its agriculture-related programmes in the institution. Prof. Adeniyi Olayanju, Vice-Chancellor of the university, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran that the approval would take effect from the 2018/2019 academic session. Olayanju said the approval was in respect of the tuition fees for the affected programmes, adding that the students were expected to pay other components of the school fees. According to him, the affected agriculture programmes are: Crop Science, Animal Science, Agriculture Extension and Rural Development, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness Management, Environmental and Natural Resources Economics. Others are Aquaculture & Fisheries Management; Tourism and Recreation; Horticulture and Landscape Management and Agricultural Engineering. Olayanju said the institution, in its magnanimity, also approved the payment of the said ...