The federal government has cut the fees publishers pay to have their textbooks assessed and ranked, and ordered refunds for those who paid under the old, higher rate.
This move, according to Salisu Shehu, executive secretary at the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), who announced the change in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, is designed to soften the cost of complying with the incoming National Textbook Ranking System.
The executive secretary explained that the per-page assessment fee drops from N2,000 to N1,500, while the ranking fee for each textbook title falls from N1 million to N750,000; and that both changes take effect immediately.
Shehu said the reduced charges are meant to ease the burden on publishers and authors as they go through the council’s new evaluation process. He added that publishers who had already paid the old N2,000-per-page rate would be refunded the difference, though NERDC is yet to release details on how the refunds will be processed.
Going forward, all payments for textbook submissions should reflect the new rates, the council said, urging publishers, authors and other industry stakeholders to fall in line with the revised fee structure. Related News Stakeholders seek unified policy, private capital alignment to solve Nigeria’s housing crisis BusinessDay confab: FG rolls out housing reforms, orders 40% NHF mortgage disbursement 2027: NDC, Obidient Movement, push back at Ganduje over Obi - Kwankwaso "dead on arrival ticket" claim
