OPINION: Education Ain’t Cheap! However, increases in student fees have had adverse consequences on students’ ability to access higher education. While Nigerians find higher education in the country expensive, the cost of university education is comparatively low compared with international institutions. In fact, Nigeria and some West Africans were a bit fortunate to be spared totally from Jon West’s account. So university education is not cheap, and these Pentecostal and other religious operators must be spared some criticism and flagellation.