Anambra State University Mandates Students Pay 15,000 For School Portal App

 Anambra State University Mandates Students Pay 15,000 For School Portal App Maintenance Per Session, totaling more than 300 Million Naira Per Academic Session.

Students of Anambra University, also known as Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), have taken to social media to protest the new University Portal App, criticizing its mandatory maintenance fee, technical glitches, and tight registration deadline. Many say it was unnecessary since the existing website already provides the same functions, and their complaints led to the app being delisted from official stores, then later reinstated with thousands of sudden good reviews.

The ICT Directorate of Anambra University recently launched a mobile application to facilitate course registration and other academic functions. However, many students have described the new app as unnecessary, poorly planned, and financially burdensome.

The app required students to download it and pay a mandatory maintenance fee of ₦15,000 to complete their course registration and also mandates the same ₦15,000 payment be made every session. A strict deadline was also set, sparking frustration among students who struggled with technical issues. Many argue that the existing university website already provides all the functions the app is intended to offer, making the new app seem redundant and pointless.

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), also known as Anambra State University has about 20,000+ Students, and that is a total of 300 Million Naira per Academic Session for the Maintenance of School Portal App (Same school portal that has been serving the students without glitch)

Students have expressed their grievances online, criticising both technical glitches and the fee, and calling the registration timeline unrealistic and unfair. Social media became a platform for these complaints, with posts and threads highlighting failed registration attempts, error screenshots, and general dissatisfaction with the university’s approach. Many students see the controversy as a sign that the university should consult its student body before implementing such initiatives, especially when existing systems are already functional.