Parents who have children in Federal government owned schools (Unity
schools) are complaining at the sudden increase in schools fees. A
circular sent to the parents on June 1st stated that fees have been
increased from N20,000 to N75,000, that is about 375% increment.
At the end of its National Excutive meeting yesterday August 7th, the
president of the National Parents and Teachers Association of the
Federal Government Colleges, Gabriel Nnaji, said it is untimely and
insensitive of FG to increase fees in this period of economic hardship.
He said if the fees are not immediately reduced, they
will be forced to withdraw their children from the school. Part of his
statement which he read to the press after the meeting below
“The increase of school fees from about N20,000 to about N75,000 in
unity colleges is most untimely and insensitive. An average Nigerian
worker whose minimum wage is N18,000 and who has one or two children in
the unity colleges will be unable to keep his or her child or children
in the unity colleges. The recent increase is a negation of the policy
or principle that established unity colleges which is to make basic and
secondary education affordable and accessible to an average Nigerian
student”he said