The former Senator of Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani has commended the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, over his recent decision to stop the increment of school fees in private primary and secondary schools in the State.
The Special Adviser to Kano State Governor on Private Schools, Baba Abubakar Umar confirmed this development to Daily Trust on Sunday.
He also said that the sale of books and uniforms by private schools had been put on hold.
Umar, had on Saturday, revealed that all certificates of private schools had been revoked.
He said the government had commenced issuance of application forms for the registration of private schools since the withdrawal of certificate of operations of the schools by the government.
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“The state government has commenced issuance of application form for registration for operation of private schools in the state which will end on Friday, August 18th, 2023.”
“The essence of the new registration is to ensure we have an accurate database for government policy and monitoring to sanitise the sector. All what we are rolling out for private schools operation in the state are in line with the law established in May, 2014.
”Parents should report any school that is asking them for fee increment as that has been suspended for now. No school will be allowed unilaterally to increase school fees again.”
Shehu Sani in a post shared on his Twitter page on Tuesday, 15 August, noted that it is a welcome development and that other state governors should do the same because “parents should not suffer the overcharge of dollars and petrol issues in the country”.
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He tweeted: “The decision of the Kano State Government to stop Private Primary and Secondary schools from increasing tuition fees is a welcome and commendable development. Other states & the FCT should emulate this intervention. Dollar & Petrol shouldn’t be used to overcharge parents.”
Nigerians took to the comment section on Twitter and reacted to the development.
@DayoOjo simply tweeted: “Fair.”
@MUgosman also said: “That’s fair enough.”
@Shehumahmed tweeted: “Honestly I sincerely agree with you on this matter, Kano State’s decision to curb tuition fee increases is a positive step towards ensuring affordable education.”