₦airaland Forum

Kukutente23:
I said it then that the two main issues are the fees and the admission quota/criteria.

It's obvious the govt is not interested in settling these issues which shows a very bad mindset of elitism

While I support KCOBA having a critical say in HD opera and maintenance of the school, I join the parents and teachers to reject any elitist plan of admission being for the highest bidder and teachers being forced to work under conditions one find in private schools.

The KCOBA should learn to be considerate. They have as much stake in the school as the students. Their interest shouldn't override that of the students

Richtaiwo:
Stop being clever by half. If the emboldened is what you understand from the paragraph you quoted, then sorry, I can't help you. Also, don't quote me again. Search the forum, you will see your category, go discuss with them.

U09ce:
Its unfortunate that public schools are been concessioned. On one hand is the inability of the government systems to give high quality education to average Nigerians. We have manyteachers in government schools who aren't qualified. Add to this is the lack of proper oversight by the inspectorate divisions.

Today it's Kings College, tomorrow it'd be FGGC Sagamu or FGC Azare or FSTC Kafanchan. Another day same excuse will be used to concession other public institutions like primary schools and hospitals.

We really have to be sincere to ourselves in whatever positions we are. Let's do our jobs with patriotism and dedication. If you feel the welfare isn't good, you can look for something else rather than puncturing a moving boat.

Privatisation or concession or whatever will never be a solution to govt neglect, lackadisical attitude of some citizens and systemic inefficiencies

Cmanforall:
Other Unity schools can open, if KC can’t reach agreement with old boys

nairalanda1:
Our education budget cannot fund Harvard's annual budget for a year.

Yet, you guys want the government to give you high quality schools in one year or less...

Like how is that ppssible without borrowing, or without more Nigerians paying income tax, or without the government making our economy productive instead of consumptive...or raising fees?

Our federal government schools have been a mess for over 4 decades. It's time we tried something different. Madt behaviour is doing th same thing over and over again despite not working.


Before you abuse me, would you send your child to one of those federal government colleges, with their hostels as they are now? Would ya?

Na Yaradua wey float this idea in 2009, when we even had enough money, NIgerians come say no...lol.

Skj13777:
Why concession this particular school?? Did government say they can't finance the school again? Na wa. That's how Obasanjo almost sold all the unity schools claiming gov can't fund education. He also wanted to sell all the federal universities as well. If they had done that then education will be unaffordable to 90% of population. Atiku on the other built a university right in yola town and charges as high as N5million pers session . The man is gearing towards becoming the president so he can sell some of the universities ( some to himself others to family and friends). After selling Nitel did telecom improve? The technical head office in SAKA tinubu is now a restaurant. After selling NEPA did power supply improve?. Bad leaders greedy selfish leaders are the problems of the country nothing more.

SIRTee15:
GUY CAN U KEEP QUIET FOR ONCE.
U SOUND SO IRRITATING.

Anguldi:
Jagaban Army structure bandits compensated.

nairalanda1:
NITEL collapsed in part because government mishandled the privatisation . Then their gsm.arm.mtel was not allowed to set its prices..as a result it could not make the profits that even Glo was making. Result disaster

NEPA is bad because since privatisation, it has not been allowed to charge cost reflective tarrifs. Moghalu in 2019.and professor Nnaji in 2017 and 2025 said as much, yet goverment continue to set their prices

What is happening with NEPA is like government saying that a baker should sell bread that cost him 2000 naira per loaf in baking costs, he should sell it at 100 naira to help the poor while government pays a subsidy that does not cover the resulting losses.

Even the band A thing that APC is doing. India has done something similar for over 3 decades and they have power cuts till.date

Richtaiwo:
Unity Colleges were never created exclusively for the academically strongest students. Their purpose was to promote national integration by bringing children from different states together, while giving students from academically disadvantaged regions an opportunity to compete and develop within a common system.

If that principle is now being ridiculed because students from less academically competitive states are gaining admission through the quota system, then the logic is simple, scrap the programme altogether and create a separate system exclusively for academically elite students. One cannot demand the benefits of an institution designed for national inclusion while simultaneously despising the very principle of inclusion that gives the institution its meaning.

Unigrad:
One of the effects of this is increase in school fees and charges. The quality might drop. Such concessions in the past have never been in favour of the masses.

Bluffly:
Not all concession are for profit making. Since it was concessioned to old boys, it is okay because old boys wants to preserves the glory of their Alma Mater and take it higher. Workers going on strike is because of their chua chua ways

damilo4t:
This is not a battle of only Kings College. If they get away with concession King's College. Other FUC old students will follow suit.
It's a battle to finish since the JWC has issue no work until the decision is reversed. Let's wait and see any school that will resume tomorrow and Monday.
Parents will be careful to embark on the journey of unfruitfulness

Skj13777:
Oga I don't want to get into an argument.

Your talking technical trash that was sold to you.

Please cost reflective tariff on equipment that are as old as Nigeria in some cases. Please the turbine spinning was bought by which of the entities it was privatised too??

Cost of generating electricity as in ? In my area we had to contribute N30m for a transformer because the so called bill collectors ( privatisation beneficiary's) refused to repair or replace it. Yet they collect estimated bills even in absence of electricity. The book value of most of the equipment is zero and many are only replaced once in 5 or 10yrs yet you talk of cost of generating that is expensive

. Are you aware that Benin republic has electricity always and yet we supply them bulk electricity.

Please and please stop putting blame of tariff like the idiotic former minister of power. Anyways can't argue continue in your line of thoughts till you know better.

Skj13777:
Oga I don't want to get into an argument..

He also emphasized the need for more cost-reflective electricity tariffs, explaining that the current pricing structure fails to cover the operational and maintenance costs of GenCos, particularly as many critical inputs are imported.

“The energy charge component of the power tariff must be able to cover the cost of maintaining the assets. If operators can’t recover expenses for operations and maintenance, which are often dollar-denominated, there will be recurring system failures,” Nnaji said.

“The estimated cost of electricity in Nigeria is 53 naira per Kilowatt hour and what Nigerians have been paying is 31 naira per kilowatt hour, which means, there is a subsidy of about 22 naira.”

He lamented that the subsidy has cost the federal government of Nigeria this year alone about 560 billion Naira which is about 1.5 billion dollars and that is 7 percent of the budget for 2019. Indeed in the last 5 years the FG has paid over 1.5Trn to close the liquidity problem in the power sector.

“The problem with the tariffs and the subsidy on the tariffs is that it prevents the sector which has been privatized from being commercially viable and increasing its capacity or the capacity of private sector operators to be able to provide more electricity to Nigerians,” he noted.

SonOfWords:
Here you are again, holding brief for a government that has demonstrated its crass inability to prioritize necessities.

Nigeria's education budgets for 2025 and 2026 totalled to about 6.1 trillion naira, of which less than 400 billion was earmarked for unity schools across both years.

How much is your coastal road again?

Kukutente23:
I said it then that the two main issues are the fees and the admission quota/criteria.

It's obvious the govt is not interested in settling these issues which shows a very bad mindset of elitism

While I support KCOBA having a critical say in HD opera and maintenance of the school, I join the parents and teachers to reject any elitist plan of admission being for the highest bidder and teachers being forced to work under conditions one find in private schools.

The KCOBA should learn to be considerate. They have as much stake in the school as the students. Their interest shouldn't override that of the students

pquaver:
You are correct ..WE Had the opportunity to attend the prestigious school because It was accessible to all. That Level of education should remain Access to children of ordinary nigerians.. there IS the melting Pot of the children of the poor and rich and i believe IT should remain so .

nairalanda1:
Well, son here are some quotes for the occasion



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Well, I guess you can be abusive to Prof Nnaji and Prof Moghalu now, son, as they are the ones who taught me, for free...about the issue.

Skj13777:
Why was my reply hidden . Looks like this forum is one of the mouth pieces of people making Nigeria miserable. You should have simply edited the words . Anyways shalom

nairalanda1:
Well, son here are some quotes for the occasion



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Well, I guess you can be abusive to Prof Nnaji and Prof Moghalu now, son, as they are the ones who taught me, for free...about the issue.