Federal Government increases fees of unity schools from N20,000 to N75,000

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