₦airaland Forum

Mitsurugi:
The Old Boys will run it better. Floreat!

Old boys are not an institution, they will all pass away. That's very dangerous. Powerful institutions, not powerful people. These old boys were once young boys who didn't have the capacity, capability or financial ability to ever dream of owning the school. What does that teach them? Life is turn by turn, know your place in the scheme of things.

AnonPoet:
https://applesbite.com/parents-mobilise-protest-against-kings-college-concession/

How is this a surprise from a politician who claims to be progressive but steals trillions of Lagos budget yearly instead of employing teachers to make education free for all children?

Babasessy:
The Awolowo rebirth in the Southwest has inspired gongs, songs and rhetoric of sorts. But they have missed one point.

It occurred to me in Abeokuta last week amidst the big crowds and euphoria of the swearing-in of Senator Ibikunle Amosun as governor. In all the states from Lagos to Edo, where Awo has witnessed ideological resurgence, hardly a single family member has played a role.

So we have an Awo family without an Awo. That is an irony. But history overwhelms us with this sort of twist. Obafemi Awolowo toiled for his reputation. His roots were lowly, he toiled to school both home and abroad, launched into careers in law, business, journalism and eventually politics. He carved a niche for himself, and became the first methodical and charismatic leftist in our history.  Other leftists abounded but they did not inspire comparable drama and following.

He faced tribulations, went to jail, failed in elections, won a few, but he imprinted his ideas and legacy in the country, and no single mortal has beaten him in the history of this country. His greatest achievement was in the area of ideas, and that was how he fashioned a family. Most families are born of biology but his issued from ideology. That family suffered with him.

In a spoof of Jesus Christ, these were the men who followed him in his teachings, and endured with him in his temptations. So he formed a kingdom for them in the Southwest, in the old Western Region, presiding over his projects, his legacies and people.

In all of these, the family he had was not his flesh and blood. In another spoof of Christ, who were his family anyway? Those who were with him must be counted as his family. So, I combed in the ambience of Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), and I found none. I went to Ogun, I frisked the crowd under Amosun’s bower, hardly any. Around Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in Osun, I could not lay a finger. With Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti, where are the forbears of Awo? Yet, I can hear the chants of Awo. Hardly in any of the inaugural speeches or any of their other public intervention would you miss the philtre and filter of Awo from these gentlemen. To parody Novelist Joseph Conrad, they are the sparks from Awo’s sacred fire, the messengers of the might within the man.

Already all of them are pursuing the legacy ideas of Awo: free education, free health services, infrastructural development, urban renewal and economic engineering.

Lagos has posted itself as the John the Baptist. The others are putting up valiant efforts, and the world of course is watching to see how well they will perform. It will call for great work, resourcefulness and cooperation. They are the real Awoists, and Awo was a man of rigour and vigour.

The Awo son that many expected to take after the father was Olusegun, who unfortunately died in a car crash. We shall never know if he could have pulled it off.  But the others have not shown much of the paterfamilias’ brio and depth. In the past decade, under this republic, they have blended with the wrong crowd. Even H.I.D, hobnobbed with Alao-Akala, who brought illiteracy to governance; with Oyinlola who turned the grace of office into a hell-hole of despots; with Daniel who could not arrest his quick fall into megalomania.

I wrote once that this woman whom Awo once described as the jewel of inestimable value has lost value to his cause. If he came back to life, he would have committed the extraordinary act of divorce after death. Even his newspaper, The Tribune, has so stumbled and fallen that it swims in Awo’s vomit.

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Mitsurugi:
The Old Boys will run it better. Floreat!

Exactly . They should come to Government College Ibadan and see what the Alumni body is doing with the school.
Some University in Nigeria don't have the infrastructure that GCI ibadan have now. All thanks to the Old boys Association.
Am a Proud Old boy of GCI.

mrvitalis:
Nigerians just Hate change

They want things to be better but when it times to change to allow that they resist it

What change is there to like about government effectively privatising a secondary school?

What then do you expect government to do with your taxes and the ones received on your behalf from companies

Sagacity10:
Exactly . They should come to Government College Ibadan and see what the Alumni body is doing with the school.
Some University in Nigeria don't have the infrastructure that GCI ibadan have now. All thanks to the Old boys Association.
Am a Proud Old boy of GCI.

How much revenue did government have when they ran the school well?

How does that compare with government revenue today, after adjusting for inflation and population growth?


Have you heard of Stockholm Syndrome before, and do you know how it relates to this issue



https://www.nairaland.com/post/125340351

Apcshit:
Another glorified secondary school

Before nko? What is it supposed to be? Is it supposed to be a gloried higher institution?

I don't support the old buys acquiring it, they can renovate and develop the school. Although most of these people are highly influential, imagine the president pledging 1billion naira. If they acquire it, they may hike the school fees and easily bring in their families and relatives with their influence. It may affect the education standard in one way or the other.

Why is the government handing over all her responsibilities to private individuals? How long can the old boys association maintain the standards of the school without the greed for profiteering setting in?

Kukutente23:
It's actually a secondary school
Stop advertising your ignorance

Thunder fire you

Thedon22:
Before nko? What is it supposed to be? Is it supposed to be a gloried higher institution?

A glorified primary school

Cmanforall:
Let the old boys build another school.
Some establishments are not meant to be handed over just like that.

Imagine Dangote says he want to acquire UniLag 🤔

So the school should be allowed to rot away?

mrvitalis:
Nigerians just Hate change

They want things to be better but when it times to change to allow that they resist it

Don't blame Nigeria. APC promised change too but see where we are today

100 billion has been contributed. It's not even a concession or sale. So whats the fuzz with the PTA? I think it's the principal that pushing this narrative.

benardtotti:
See pot calling kettle black, are you not currently resisting the reforms PBat is carrying out simply because you dont like him ?

Which stupid and yeye reforms ?
Reforms that's impoverishing you ba ?
When Jonathan wanted to remove subsidy you and your demigod stood against it, frustrated it and you are saying we should applaud your god for stupid reforms that's creating more poverty .
Abeg which useless reform are you referring to ?

SixSeven:
Old boys are not an institution, they will all pass away. That's very dangerous. Powerful institutions, not powerful people. These old boys were once young boys who didn't have the capacity, capability or financial ability to ever dream of owning the school. What does that teach them? Life is turn by turn, know your place in the scheme of things.

Wrong on all counts.

The current students will morph into old boys.

A lot of them are in high management positions anyway and have done well for themselves in life.

They don't want to own the school to run it day to day, they want to ensure whoever is in charge of the school fully focuses on it and keeps the standard high.

They also donate a lot to the school as the government simply cannot fund it appropriately.

The have a place in the grand scheme of things, an important one actually as administrators, teachers, parents will all come and go whereas old boys will always be there.

anonimi:
What change is there to like about government effectively privatising a secondary school?

What then do you expect government to do with your taxes and the ones received on your behalf from companies

So you prefer they allow the school to waste ?

benardtotti:
See pot calling kettle black, are you not currently resisting the reforms PBat is carrying out simply because you dont like him ?

What reforms has Bath implemented ? Tell me

mrvitalis:
So you prefer they allow the school to waste ?

No. I prefer that you get your own government officials to make schools work and impart knowledge to students. Was that not how it was when government revenue was much lower than it is today, even after adjusting for inflation and population growth?

Why don’t you want to do that

AnonPoet:
https://applesbite.com/parents-mobilise-protest-against-kings-college-concession/

THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR KINGS. SEE HOW METHODIST CHURCH HAS MILKED MBHS TO THE BARE BONES. MBHS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIGNED TO THE DUST BIN OF HISTORY BUT FOR THE MB OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION SLUGGING IT OUT WITH THE MCN IN A RESOLUTE BID TO KEEP MBHS GOING!

You are intelligent. Unfortunately, many Nigerians will not understand what you said,critical thinking is too hard for them.

nairalanda1:
Well, the PTA is not being realistic.

Nigerians do not seem to realize that things cost far more than they thinK. i am not denyiing corruption exists. I am not a child. But the fact is, King's college is decaying, as are most federal government colleges, because governments past and present built far too many schools and universites over the years beyond the ability of the education budget to carry them. This is even before we talk of the looting and corruption in the sector at all levels.

The thing is, even if corruption ends in the education budget, there is no way what is budgeted can keep king's college at high level

We can lie to ourselves, or we can face the truth. Yaradua wanted to concession the schools, the same nigerians called him names. Have the schools gotten better? No, they have gotten worse and worse and worse. Meanwhile, the rich and the elite go to proper private schools that are well furnished. And in time the advantage will tell

EIther the schools are concessioned, or fees go up, or we just sit down and watch as the schools become a mess. I already know how Nigerians feel about taxation.

We can keep pretending income from 1.8 m bpd of oil is enough for a nation of 230 million people. LOL.

erad:
Tinubu and his family are no different from Trump and his family. Any venture they have a hand in is not for the benefit of the masses but the profit of themselves and their friends.

Those old students are criminals plotting to introduce and profit from a greedy enterprise rather than genuinely pursuing any publicly beneficial educational advancement.

Friends of government who see an opportunity to widen their financial reservoir.

Apcshit:
Another glorified primary school

He he he.. Not even the British-curricula schools can compete with any unity school in the country let alone kings college

aswani:
Wrong on all counts.

The current students will morph into old boys.

A lot of them are in high management positions anyway and have done well for themselves in life.

They don't want to own the school to run it day to day, they want to ensure whoever is in charge of the school fully focuses on it and keeps the standard high.

They also donate a lot to the school as the government simply cannot fund it appropriately.

The have a place in the grand scheme of things, an important one axlctually as administrators, teachers, parents, they will all come and go, old boys will always be there.

Yes, every old association does this. They are interested stakeholders in the school management but what I am saying is they have a channel to address their concerns. That's why we have PTAs too, parents too can say they want the best for the school and I'm telling you that old school association is only sentimental, before they got there, they had their mummies and daddies helping them per PTA. The school was well run before you ever became ex but what you can do as an ex is to be an interest group.

Mitsurugi:
The Old Boys will run it better. Floreat!

floreat ..............brother! Up Mckee to boot! The concession will fly!

They would soon concession All fgc and this would followed by Federal Universities we might be only left with 6 federal university from all regions ....
Then the private sector can take over....
Poor students would apply for loan to attend this secondary schools.....
Primary education should be free and well funded by Local and state governments

4reala:
Let the old boys just keep supporting the school, rather than the hidden motives they have under the guise of private public partnership

The schoolhas been handed over oga....go and fund your own school to enrich the witches that run these schools!

anonimi:
No. I prefer that you get your own government officials to make schools work and impart knowledge to students. Was that not how it was when government revenue was much lower than it is today, even after adjusting for inflation and population growth?

Why don’t you want to do that

We have tried that for 60 years and it didn’t work

So what next

There and then, the school fees becomes very expensive.

That reform is necessary, but not transparent

Sheuns:
Kings College originally doesn’t belong to the FG. It belonged to the British Government.

The best thing to do is the stakes in the school to be shared between the old students and the FG, but the FG should hold the smaller percentage.

Kukutente23:
Why are the parents against it?
I believe their fears are anchored on what happened with QC where the fees were hiked to high heavens after the old students association took over the school management
There's also the fear of favouritism in admission after the association is given control of the school
But I think these issues can be properly ironed out
There's a lot to benefit from an association like the Old students with influential members having a say in the affairs of the school one of which is easily standards and maintenance

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Nepotism will destroy it.

Eboofa:
floreat ..............brother! Up Mckee to boot! The concession will fly!

Up Mckeeeeeee 🙌🏾

Sagacity10:
Exactly . They should come to Government College Ibadan and see what the Alumni body is doing with the school.
Some University in Nigeria don't have the infrastructure that GCI ibadan have now. All thanks to the Old boys Association.
Am a Proud Old boy of GCI.

I don't understand why people are resistant to change. Especially good ones.

anonimi:
How much revenue did government have when they ran the school well?

How does that compare with government revenue today, after adjusting for inflation and population growth?


Have you heard of Stockholm Syndrome before, and do you know how it relates to this issue



https://www.nairaland.com/post/125340351

I wonder Ooooo.
I know Stockholm syndrome and how it relates to this issue.