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Kaduna Govt spends N3bn annually on pupils school fees – el-Rufa’i

Kaduna Govt spends N3bn annually on pupils school fees – el-Rufa’i
By Mohammed Lawal
Fees
Zaria (Kaduna State), Dec. 8, 2018 (NAN) Gov. Nasiru el-Rufa’i of Kaduna State on Saturday said his government was spending N3 billion on payment of school fees for pupils from primary to junior secondary schools across the state.
He stated this at the 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Zaria Education Development Association (ZEDA) held at Barewa College, Zaria, Kaduna state.
El-Rufa’i, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs and Special Services, Alhaji Adamu Mansir, said: “Our aim when we came as government was to ensure that basic education is truly free in Kaduna State public schools.
“Now for girls it is free all through in the first 12 years of school up to completion of Senior Secondary School and by abolishing the fees and levies, we have saved parents in Kaduna State over N3 billion every year.
“We have been providing uniforms, raised quality of meals in boarding schools and in some elected secondary schools we are running a pilot programme that involves giving students computer tablets instead of printed text books.”
He said 15,000 students mostly girls were slated in the pilot scheme in the use of computer tablets, noting that their performance had significantly improved.
The governor said having completed the recruitment of more primary school teachers government had begun the recruitment of 7,600 secondary school teachers in addition to the 2,200 English, Mathematics and Science subjects.
The Chairperson of the occasion and former Chief Judge of Kaduna State, Justice Rahila Cudjoe, lauded the giant stride of ZEDA directed at educational development in Zazzau Emirate.
According to her, this is a testimony that Kaduna State remains the centre of learning not only in the North but also across the nation.
She charged the association to keep the flag flying to enable other indigent students benefit from what she described as societal development project.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chairman, Central Working Committee (CWC), Dr Alimi Bello, said: “Your presence here signifies your commitment to the development of education in our locality.
“ZEDA remained focused on its vision and mission of continuously being a model and reference point as the leading educational NGO thereby creating opportunities for indigenes of Zazzau to attain their full educational potentials for the last 26 years.’’
He observed that the occasion of AGM in the last 26 years provided them opportunity to rub minds and share ideas towards attaining desired goals and objectives.
Bello urged all delegates to make meaningful contributions at the AGM towards achieving a successful, progressive and fruitful outcome. (NAN)
KLM/ASS/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Education

LAUTECH slashes proposed tuition fees, announce resumption

LAUTECH slashes proposed tuition fees, announce resumption

Tuition
By Akeem Abas
Ibadan, Oct. 27, 2018 (NAN)bThe Governing Council of Ladoke  Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso has announced reduction in the proposed tuition fee which generated heavy controversy in the institution.

This is contained in a statement signed by the institution’s Head, Public and Alumni Relations Unit, Olalekan Fadeyi, and made available to newsmen on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the management of the institution had recently announced increase in the tuition fees, which attracted condemnation by stakeholders.

The tuition was increased from N65,000 to N200,000 for indigenes, while non-indigenes were expected to pay N250,000 from N72,000.

The statement said that the council Chairman, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, has directed that the proposed tuition fees in the Institution be brought down.

Afolabi said that the new tuition should be N140,000 for indigenes of owner states and N170,000 for non-indigenes as against the earlier N200,000 and N250,000, respectively.

Also, the management of the institution has announced Monday (Oct. 29) as resumption date.

The governing council and management appreciated the concern of stakeholders over its present situation.

“We appeal to well wishers to come to the realization that cost of running qualitative and functional first grade technical institutions like ours.

”Such cost is becoming unbearably impossible with N65,000 and 72,000 for indigenes and non-indigenes.

“Internally Generated Revenue from students’ fees would remain supplementary as arrangements have been concluded to enlist parents and students into management of fund to entrench transparency and accountability,” the statement read in part.(NAN)
TAA/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Edited by Udochukwu Ifionu

Health

NYSC warns against charging mobilisation fees

NYSC warns against charging mobilisation fees
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Mobilisation
By Yashim Katurak
Abuja, Oct. 25, 2017 (NAN) The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned high institutions in the country against charging mobilisation fees for prospective corps members.
Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the NYSC Director of Press, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday.
Adeyemi was reacting to reports that students from some corps producing institutions were being charged NYSC mobilisation fees.
She said that the NYSC has not mandated any institution to charge mobilisation fees on its behalf or using its name.
She said that students graduating from institutions were not in anyway required to pay fees before, during or after mobilisation for the one-year national service.
Adeyemi therefore advised corps producing institutions not to charge any fee before mobilising students.
“If institutions are charging fees for mobilisation in the pretext that it is compulsory for youth service, then it is wrong and we will counter this because students are not mandated to pay any fees to be mobilised for national service.
“NYSC has not asked any corps producing institution to charge any fees in its name or on its behalf for mobilisation for service.
“If any institution is doing so it is doing it sorely on its own.
“We have heard reports that some institutions are charging mobilisation fees; we will ensure we investigate this and urge the institutions involved if any not to do so.
“NYSC has not asked any institution to take anything from any student. I do not know what fees they are charging and what they are calling it but whatever they name it is not in any way related to or tied to the scheme.
“The problem is that we cannot tell or direct these institutions not to charge mobilisation fees in the schools; we can only ask them, urge them not to do so and not to tie it to the NYSC,” Adeyemi said.
She said that the NYSC Director, Corps Mobilisation, was reaching out to institutions, who may be involved in this, and urge them not to do so either in the name of NYSC or on its behalf.
NAN reports that the corps has received several reports from students who claim that they are being charged fees for NYSC mobilisation from their institutions. (NAN)
KRY/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

NAFDAC waives 50% on registration fee of SMEs

NAFDAC waives 50% on registration fee of SMEs

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Waiver

By Mustapha Sumaila

Abuja, June 2, 2017 (NAN) The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has waived 50 per cent on registration fee for locally manufactured products to promote Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs).

The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that the measure would go a long way to promote economic development.

Jimoh explained that it was a new policy of the agency under the leadership of its acting Director-General, Mrs Yetunde Oni.

He said that the measure was in response to Federal Government’s policy to promote locally manufactured companies in order to boost the economy of the country.

Jimoh said that in the past, a lot of people and some licensed consultants had extorted money from innocent Nigerians in the name of NAFDAC registration.

“Sometime back, we discovered that a lot of people were extorting money from Nigerians for registration fee of products. We decided to license some consultants who are professionals.

“But those unscrupulous elements fizzled into the consultancy firm that registered with us and continued their extortion from potential entrepreneurs.

“They collect as much N250,000 to N300,000 for registration of less than N50,000, claiming that part of the money will be used to settle NAFDAC officials.

“The agency has taken decision to stop them after the expiration of their licenses; we will stop them and deal directly with intending manufacturers,” he said.

Jimoh explained that in the last seven years, the former NAFDAC director-general, Dr Paul Ohi, introduced a policy that all young graduates willing to establish businesses would be given waiver.

He said that the policy was still in existence but young graduates from NYSC were not taking such advantage.

The spokesperson noted that NAFDAC recently established a Small Business Desk to guide people going into SMEs on how to set up their small factories. (NAN)
MS/MO/MST

Edited by Morayo Omolade/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

General news

Lafia Polytechnic suspends 2 workers over illegal tuition fees

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Rector
By Sunday John
Lafia, March 17, 2017 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia has suspended two workers found to have  collected illegal tuition fees, its Rector, Mr Silas Gyar, said on Friday in Lafia.

“The two staff were involved in illegal collection of fees to the tune of N4 million; when we discovered the illegality, management set up a committee to investigate the matter.

“The committee recommended six months suspension, after which they duo would refund the money to the institution’s coffers,” he told newsmen.

He said that the management, however, suspended the workers for one year because of the severity of the offence.

“The staff have agreed to refund the money but management has, nonetheless, reported the matter to the Governing Council, the institution’s highest decision making body, for further action.

“Their fate will be determined by the council; whatever it says is final,” he declared.

He said that the school had set up a committee to look into cases of fraud and indiscipline in the polytechnic.

“The intention is to deal with people involved so as to deter others from committing similar offences,” he said.

The Rector said that management had also set up monitoring teams to check social vices by both students and staff, and cautioned workers and students against violating the institution’s rules and regulations. (NAN)
SDJ/ETS

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Edited by Ephraims Sheyin