Federal Government Tuesday issued a warning to principals of Federal Government Unity Colleges to adhere strictly to the authorised fees or get sacked.
In a statement made available to newsmen by the Director, Press, Ministry of Education, Mr. Ben Gong in Abuja, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu warned that any principal caught exploiting parents by increasing the fees would be sacked immediately.
The statement reads: “Malam Adamu Adamu advised parents whose wards are in Unity Colleges to report any infraction to this directive to the Federal Ministry of Education for appropriate sanctions.
“The minister said one of the pillars of his ministerial action plan: ‘Education for Change’, which will soon be launched is to make education accessible and affordable to all Nigerians, maintaining that he will not tolerate any act capable of sabotaging this goal.
“Time has come for Nigerians to enjoy the benefits of change, which they voted for and that he will stop at nothing to deliver same in the education sector.”
Furthermore, the minister disclosed that part of the reasons for the recent harmonisation of fees in Unity Colleges across the country was to ensure parents pay averagely less as well as eliminate indiscriminate collections that made parents in some unity schools to pay much higher than their counterparts in others.
Adamu had directed that all authorised cost items, including boarding fees must be communicated to parents in writing and copied to the ministry before any payment was demanded, adding that any principal who does otherwise would have his or herself to blame.
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