Students to Ballot for Mariere Next Week, Fee Remains 43,000

By Faith Enang

Eligible students of the University of Lagos will ballot for the newly renovated Mariere Hall next week on Monday, 29th April 2024.

According to the Director of Student Affairs (DSA), Prof. Musa Obalola, all registered male students of the institution are eligible to reserve accommodation except for extra-year students.

Recall that the hall was commissioned by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola on Monday, April 15, 2024, after eight months of renovation.

At the commissioning ceremony, Prof. Ogunsola touted the project as another ‘product of collaborations with progressive partners and stakeholders’ in the university community.

She appreciated the sponsors, Alpha Morgan Capital Management Limited and Hatcherfield Limited, for their donations and urged students to use the facilities well.

The Vice-Chancellor assured that the newly renovated Mariere Hostel will be allotted to students at no increased cost. She also said renovation works will soon commence at other students’ residence halls including Makama Bida, Eni Njoku and Biobaku.

A statement on how to successfully reserve a space in the hall was disseminated to students from the office of the DSA. It reads thus:

“BALLOTING FOR MARIERE HOSTEL ALLOCATION

DEAR STUDENTS,

RENOVATION OF MARIERE HOSTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THE PAST 8 MONTHS HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

THE HOSTEL WAS RECENTLY COMMISSIONED AND NOW READY FOR ALLOCATION.

THE BALLOTING EXERCISE IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD AS SHOWN BELOW:

DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024

TIME: 10:00 A.M. – 1 PM

ELIGIBILITY: ALL REGISTERED MALE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. YOU CAN ONLY MAKE ONE RESERVATION AT A TIME. YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO MAKE ANOTHER APPLICATION UNTIL A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON YOUR INITIAL SUBMISSION.

2. ONCE YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED, YOU CAN TRACK THE STATUS OF YOUR APPLICATION BY CLICKING THE “Accommodation Application Status” ON THE ACCOMMODATION MENU

Below are the possible Statuses and their corresponding description:

a. Successful: This means your application was successful, and you have been allocated a bed space in your selected hostel. An email notification will be sent containing the hostel and bed space information. You would be required to make payment for the bed space within 7 days or risk the allocation being revoked and reallocated.

b. Accommodation Quota Exceeded: The limited number of spaces available have been distributed across all levels of the various departments in the ratio of their respective student population. As soon as hostel allocation assigned to a particular level/department is reached, all subsequent applications would get the “Accommodation Quota Exceeded” notification.

c. Extra-year students are not allowed to reserve accommodation: Extra-year students are not eligible to participate in the hostel balloting exercise.

d. Sorry, you can only have one active reservation at a time: This means you have a pending submission that is yet to be processed. You can, however, reapply once a decision has been made on your previous submission.

e. Sorry, there are currently no available rooms in “Hall Name”. You may try again later: This means there are no more rooms available for allocation in this hall

f. You must register for the 2023/2024 session before making an accommodation reservation: This means you are not registered for the current session and therefore not eligible to participate in the hostel allocation exercise.

3. IF YOUR APPLICATION STATUS IS “SUCCESSFUL”, YOU HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED A BED SPACE, AND A NOTIFICATION WILL BE SENT TO YOUR EMAIL, CHECK YOUR MAILBOX ONCE YOUR APPLICATION INDICATES SUCCESSFUL STATUS.

4. THE BED SPACE ALLOCATION MUST BE PAID FOR WITHIN 7 WORKING DAYS FROM ALLOCATION OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE REVOKED AND REALLOCATED

5. IT IS AN OFFENCE TO SELL YOUR BED SPACE TO ANOTHER STUDENT OR SQUAT ANOTHER STUDENT.

6. CHECK YOUR MAILBOX FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND INFORMATION.

DSA”