adewumiopeyemi:
turkey get school for NIGERIA...

ShaqFu:
So if not for the failed coup the Turkish government won't even know the existence of the schools in the first place?

TheSociopath:
The schools only have to change their names, that's all. We can't sack all the employees and make the students stranded na. Whatever they do with their money is not our concern, so far they r employing people (within the confines of the law) and are training brilliant minds.

don4real18:

Read again and digest..... the money from the schools is used to support the gulan movement.
if we fail to heed their words, a similar movement may begin in Nigeria and could be more monstrous than the Boko Haram sect

Handsomecole:
If the owners of such schools can attempt such in a country like Turkey, an Islamic country for that matter. What's the probability that they can't attempt such in Nigeria. It's an issue of national security it can happen to any country. To be fore warned to to before armed. Please let them close down the schools abeg. Who knows what they may have been propagating to their students sef.

blackpanda:



Close down the school on what grounds Have they violated any nigerian law? Pls think before u type. We shld just wake up and close schools, terminate employments and send students back home to go and write jamb, just because Turkey says so?? Does that make sense to u

legendarystar:
...... if only Igbo's, Hausa and Yoruba's could have a united front, I see Nigeria going places.

Omoocash:
Turkey wants Nigeria to close 17 schools in coup clampdown
ON July 28, 2016 8:47 PM / IN News / Comments

The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, has called on the
Federal Government to close 17 Turkish schools in Nigeria over
alleged links with a movement his government says was involved in
the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey.

The ambassador, who made the call when the vice chairman, Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Shehu Sani, paid him a courtesy visit,
said the Turkish Government had nothing to do with the schools.
According to the ambassador, investigations by the Turkish
government showed that a movement led by US-based Fethullah
Gulen was responsible for the failed coup attempt, which claimed
over 200 lives.

He said the Turkish government was dissociating itself from any
school bearing the country’s name in Nigeria, adding that while the
country had schools in other countries, it had none in Nigeria.
“We are requesting the Nigerian Government to close down the
schools.
“I have requested officially, both orally and in writing, the closure
of these schools.

Also, I have sent a letter to Mr Geoffrey Onyeama (Foreign Affairs
Minister) and Mr Abba Kyari (Chief of Staff to the President)
about this subject and requested their support for the closure of
the schools.

“I will also send letters to the Chairmen of Committees on Foreign
Affairs in the National Assembly, as well as the Senate Majority
Leader over the issue and I am going to enclose some documents in
English on how the group members are engaged in the army, police
and the Judiciary.

“In Nigeria, there are 17 schools, which belong to the Gulen
Movement, one in Kano, one in Kaduna, one in Abuja, Lagos etc and
they are offering scholarships.
“We are starting some legal procedures to take the name of Turkish
out of the name of the schools. They are not the schools of the
Turkish Government.

“They are misleading the public and allocating scholarships to the
children of the high bureaucracy and after they graduate from
school, they send the children to Turkey to attend their
universities,’’ he said.
The ambassador said the Turkish government had closed down all
schools linked to the movement in Turkey.
“Turkish government has already closed down all primary, secondary,
high schools and universities owned by the group in Turkey.
“In our system, it is allowed for the foundation to establish schools
if they fulfill some requirements and that is how they established
these schools.

“This is an issue that the Turkish Government has attached so much
importance.
“Recently, my Minister called Mr Onyeama and briefed him about
these schools because they are raising funds through the schools
and they are using these funds for the illegal activities.
“This is a matter of national security for us in Turkey. I have
instructions from my government to follow up this matter and we
will be very happy to obtain the support of Nigerian legislators on
that issue,’’ he said.
He promised to engage other relevant government officials on the
matter, adding that “I will take the matter up to the Federal
Executive Council. I have also requested an audience with the
Minister of Education.

“You may be aware that the government of Turkey started to
investigate those responsible for the coup attempt.
“It is really clear that the Gulen Movement is behind the coup. There
are some testimonies by detained military officials.
“They are confessing that they are in connection with the Gulen
Movement and they have been members of the Gulen Movement for
a long time and they have been planning this coup for a long time,
nearly five months.
“The Government of Turkey has started to take some legal actions
against the leader of the movement. He is now based in the United
States. His extradition is a legal matter between turkey and United
States,’’ he said.
On the relations between Nigeria and Turkey, the ambassador said
he was optimistic that the trade between the two countries, which
declined due to the drop in oil price, would pick up soon.
The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr.
Sani, said Turkey had the legitimate right to be concerned about its
security in view of the failed coup attempt.
He, however, urged the Turkish government to operate within the
ambits of the law in bringing those responsible for the incidence to
book.

“I think the world should identify and reason with you because if
the coup had succeeded there could have been bloodshed.
“You have a legitimate right to continue to raise them and for our
government to look into them.
“One thing I will say is that I will urge you to use the instrument of
democracy, liberty and constitutional right to bring to book those
who are involved in that,’’ he said.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/turkey-wants-nigeria-close-17-schools-coup-clampdown/

adewumiopeyemi:
turkey get school for NIGERIA...

Alezy:
How about the one in ph.....Nigerian turkish international school? they should close it self cos thier school fee is more like extortion.

khalhokage:
Instead of closing the schools, the government should demand that they change their names, so that they're no longer affiliated with Turkey.

abeland:
yeye dey smell

massinola:
After the closure per say, what becomes the faith of the students and their sponsors especially in this present condition of our country? E no go easy oh. but wait oh, are the schools not legally approved, why must the schools be closed down? if they have issues with the owners, they should go settle them with the individuals involved and live the school and the students alone. as if it were to be Nigeria they would agree to do so.

llaykorn:


Read what you wrote: a school should be closed down because its fees are much? I have a sister in the Turkish school in Lagos and I know the school offers just about the best quality of education you can get in Nigeria. Their fees is not extortion. Besides, a lot of the kids there are schooling on scorlaships.

legendarystar:
...... if only Igbo's, Hausa and Yoruba's could have a united front, I see Nigeria going places.