By Omorodion Itohan Mercy
Accommodation booking into the various Halls of Residence has been enabled and all returning students willing to stay in the school hostels can book for space in their chosen hostels on the 31st December, 2022 by 12pm.
It has become a yearly ritual for the students of the prestigious University of Benin to frantically dash for hostel accomodation due to the insufficient accommodation spaces for students. This year seems to be no exception as students are ready to battle for these spaces. Although the school administration is trying to make things easier by opening the portal earlier than normal, the effort seems to have little effect due to the population of the students and the available hostel spaces. Students advised to be alert as the race for hostel space has begun.
There is hope for those who are unable to get hostel space today as subsequent dates for the opening of the portal would be announced.
How to book for Accommodation on UNIBEN Kofa
1. Ensure you have paid school fees for the current academic session.
2. Log into Kofa and click on “My Data.” Next, click on “Accommodation Data,” select your hostel of choice and save it.
3. Return to payments section under ‘My Data’ and Pay for Bed allocation fee [#1166.63 including Remita charges].
4. Next, go to payment slip generated for bed allocation and copy the HOS code.
5. Whenever the portal for hostel booking is opened, go back to accommodation data and click on ‘Book Accommodation.’ Paste the HOS code in the space provided and click on “create bed ticket.”
6. If the process is successful and you have been given hostel space, it will automatically show under ‘Accommodation Data’. In a case where you have not been given hostel space, ‘no free bed in your category’ will be displayed.