July 27, 2023Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN has urged the authorities of federal universities across Nigeria “to immediately suspend the plan to increase tuition and school fees, especially because the majority of the people have been pauperised as a result of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government”.
According to a statement issued on Thursday by Tayo Soyemi of Falana and Falana Chambers, the Senior Advocate Of Nigeria said, “Since the federal government has not lifted the 1975 policy which abolished the payment of tuition fees in federal tertiary institutions, the federal universities lack the power to impose astronomical tuition fees on students.”
“We have noted that the governments have not taken cognisance of the plight of physically challenged people in the implementation of the new education policy. It is pertinent to point out that it is illegal to collect school fees from physically challenged students. “No doubt, the removal of fuel subsidy has increased the poverty rate in the country. As usual, the federal and state governments have assured the public that the country will soon witness economic boom. Hence, the masses have been asked to continue to tighten their belts.
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