Wigwe University is trending because the scenic tertiary institution, founded by the late Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, will start taking applications this summer.
According to its website, “Wigwe University launches in 129 days.” That is around August.
The school is reportedly founded with the expectations that it will attain the Ivy League standard.
However, focus is also on its pricey tuition, which many netizens can hardly wrap their heads around.
A Twitterati, Alex Onyia, set the ball rolling for the discussions via his verified X handle @winexviv. He had tweeted: “Wigwe University will officially open it’s doors to the public from August. The faculty members will be resuming fully on campus in July. The school so far is the most beautiful University Campus in Nigeria. The school is designed to be the first Ivy-League standard University from Africa. I love what I’m seeing.”
The school had earlier tweeted via its official X handle @WigweUniversity: “At Wigwe University, our teaching design is more than a theoretical approach, we focus on practical life skills and knowledge so that each student who walks through our doors will walk out our doors to become a game changer in any industry that he/she finds herself in.”
Onyia also provided link to the tuition payable per session:
- College of Arts: ₦9,600,000
- College of Engineering: ₦11,998,800
- College of Management and Social Sciences: ₦11,998,800
- College of Science and Computing: ₦11,998,800
Additional charges — Accommodation fee:
- Luxury Single Bedroom Apartment Plan ₦1,000,000/Per Month
- Premium One En-Suite Bedroom Plan ₦3,845,000/Per Session
- Classic 1 Plan ₦3,707,000 / Per Session
- Classic 2 Plan ₦3,500,000 / Per Session
See the reactions:
The school fees is out of this world, but I guess it will be worth it if you have the cash.
— NatraP (@Natrap51) May 13, 2024
I don’t know if they have 24/7 electricity. But my hot take is that a school without 24/7 electricity and widespread, readily available wifi can not be considered Ivy League.
— Osagie (@Osagie_Otote) May 13, 2024
Covenant cannot be matched in the next 2 decades. Money cannot buy class.
— Goke Adebisi (@gOkEspark) May 13, 2024
Covenant cannot be matched in the next 2 decades. Money cannot buy class.
— Goke Adebisi (@gOkEspark) May 13, 2024
Thank God it’s not owned by a Church, an agenda would have been “agending” by now
— Joseph Nwa (@Josephnwali001) May 13, 2024
Inukwa 10m and above.
Person net worth.
It’s well 😂— Yvonne not Nelson (@yvonne_onyi) May 14, 2024
To an average Nigerian, it’s not affordable at all oh.. 10m plus for computer science and co. After seeing it, people should understand that other private schools owned by Church are actually affordable and they are really trying.
— Ife (@Lil_ifex) May 14, 2024
😂 u beta check into Ambrose Alli if you want affordable 😂
— Imperator™ 🇳🇬 🏴 (@imperatortm) May 14, 2024
Oga sir, it’s affordable. It’s not just for the common man.
— Gbadamosi-mohammed II✌️🇳🇬 (@Mohamme47074969) May 13, 2024
Wigwe university gives luxury education, where a student pays 1m per month for accommodation. The school must have her customers sha
😄— Jahlovei (@Jahlovei1) May 14, 2024
This one hear Ivy League, he dey ask for affordability. Yes, na 30k Naira per semester.
— HayWhy (@Gent_Sheun) May 14, 2024
Ivy League not expensive ke 😂
Bro, stop playing 😂
But i love it already
I am curious to see their masters class tuition, i might consider going there for it
— Nuel 🥂 (@darkskinnoble7) May 14, 2024
Nobody send you if you no fit press money clear
— chitsaain (@Chitsain_GMi) May 15, 2024
This is nothing, Yahaya Bello can afford to make one-time advance payment for 10 academic sessions.
— Emmanuel Aniekeme 👑 (@CrownedEmmanuel) May 14, 2024
The world has changed if anyone can afford this for this for his/her children, is far better than sending them abroad to study as the funds generated remains in the country otherwise send your children to govt dilapidated public schools
— Hakuna Matata (@HakunaOyinz) May 14, 2024
