Parents, under the support of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, made a decision to call on President Bola Tinubu to apply the brake to the spate of increments in tuition fees and others by government-owned schools.
The parents stated life was being snuffed out of them as a result of such increases in almost all sectors, such as fuel, electricity and now school fees.
According to them, the increases are becoming too many and pouring on the citizens like heavy rainfall.
Speaking with News providers yesterday, the Deputy National President of NAPTAN, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, urged the President to, as a matter of urgency, put a stop to the tuition fee hike in public schools.
“It is very depressing. We support the President regarding the removal of the oil subsidy, but it does not mean everything should just be hiked at the same time.
”Plans to remove subsidy on electricity, and also hike on tuition fees at the same time. That will be too much on parents and their children.
“The President should by tomorrow, mandate schools to revert to their old fees. They should not snuff the life out of parents and their children.
”He should temper justice with mercy. The moment the government increases fees payable in its schools, others will follow – the state governments and private school owners. He should just stop it,” he stated.
Giving advice to the President on how to bring down the cost of fuel in Nigeria, Ogunbanjo said though licenses had been given to some importers to bring in fuel, the solution did not lie in that step.
Source: Vanguard
