Gov. Ikpeazu Scraps “Pandemic Prevention Fee”, Approves 30,000 Naira For ABSU Students

By Wisdom Nwedene, Umuahia

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, on Thursday, scrapped the payment of N15,000 “Pandemic Prevention Fee” in Abia State University (ABSU) and authorized the payment of N30,000 pocket money to each Abia students in the institution.

IGBERE TV recalls that yesterday, the Internet was set ablaze after a press statement demanding 15,000 naira from all returning students circulated on social media.

Reacting over the development, Ikpeazu during a Town Hall meeting with students & management of Abia State University cancelled the pandemic prevention fee.

Governor Ikpeazu also said that his administration is proud of the progress made by the institution in the past 5 years and will continue to support them

He said : "Yesterday, I had a Town Hall meeting with students & management of Abia State University where a fee of N25,000 per student was proposed as medical fee but slashed to N15,000 to help ABSU put in place adequate measures to protect the soon to resume students from COVID-19 pandemic".

"In that same meeting, I approved immediate bursary payment to students of Abia origin in ABSU, to alleviate impact of COVID-19 on them & enable them meet the medical fee obligations with ease."

"However, after a deep review of the agreement & its likely effect all the students & their parents, I’ve directed the immediate scrapping of the “pandemic prevention fee” by school management. Our government will now go ahead to pay N30,000 to each Abia student in the institution as further support to them, their parents and guardians in this very difficult moment of economic downturn caused by the global health crisis."

"Let me also add that we are proud of the progress made by the institution in the past 5 years and will continue to support them."

Source : https://igberetvnews.com/1370636/gov-ikpeazu-scraps-pandemic-prevention-fee-approves-30000-naira-absu-students/

Thank you Mr Governor. I was one of the people that criticized you in the other thread. May God bless you and your government.

I am Damola from Odua Nation.

Modified: To those of you who are criticising me and calling me IPOB because I appreciate the Governor's gesture, look at my comment in the previous thread

"To extort 15k from each student is so easy but to pay 15k bursary to each student is difficult and almost impossible. Plandemic prevention fee indeed. Only in a fantastically corrupt country like Nigeria you can hear something like this not in Harvard, Oxford, MIT, etc.

Between, who is the worst Governor in this corn tree right now?

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I am neither igbo nor ipob though I love both. Whenever our politicians do good please let us appreciate them. If it is easy to become a governor you and I would have been there.

Good news at least

which one is pandemic prevention fee!

Does the school have the vaccine?

Okoo

Better.

Nice one Gov Ikpeazu

wow Good news, but hope is not just for the press and media.
because at the back u may not send to all students or send less than the amount u mentioned,
Later increase the sch fee, to reduce loss.

Laugh wan kill me here
The Governor that is owing workers 2 years salaries is now given each student 30,000 naira pocket money.
This man must be father Christmas himself.

Audio Money.

You see why we must never allow them gag d social media and why a Free press must be d wish of all and sundry. Once it's open it can never be un-opened anymore.

Thanks to social media

That's all

Person way no gree pay workers na im won pay students 30k??
We joke too much in this country.
All na wash abeg he just want to calm down the tension he raised by imposing that 15k fee

This will be the 9th Wonders of the world after Buhari's 8th position.

Only time will tell. I may not care about the payment but provided he had scrap the PPF, he has done much.

See as they are hailing their governors.... But you will join them to demonize yours? Mr Ade in PDP, you can see who is drumming for you to bring down your leader?

Believe this at your own peril...

ihec:
Person way no gree pay workers na im won pay students 30k??
We joke too much in this country.
All na wash abeg he just want to calm down the tension he raised by imposing that 15k fee

Then sabi deceive themselves in that region..... Before you know it.... The students would have forgotten about it because they predicting the kind of cap Tinubu will wear tomorrow

Such a confusionist

Better because I soro soke against you on the issue earlier

Goodnews

shebi this same social media wey dem won ban......if not for it, who would have known about a heartless pandemic prevention fee?
even the 30k promise the students will enter voicemail!

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, on Thursday, scrapped the payment of N15,000 “Pandemic Prevention Fee” in Abia State University (ABSU) and authorized the payment of N30,000 pocket money to each Abia students in the institution.

One of the advantages of social media.
No wonder some of them are doing everything possible to regulate it.

Well scripted. Trust naija politicians at your own peril. Just less than 24 hours, he has organised students and quickly concluded with them non negotiable. Who made the proposal before? Is it not state owned institution? Is he not the governor of the state? Anything to hype and make them loot and distract their failures is part of their game. Someone owning many people and retirees.
Next 3 years they will come back to accuse him of owning students 30k each year, that he promised them.

N30000 to each student in ABSU?
By whom?
Okezie Ikpeazu?

Alright........

Not just the lies, but the brazen effontery to tell it.

Dear Governor, please hold your 30k and reduce 30k from the school fees.

You won't pay workers because they are not paying any fee, but can pay student because they can pay more than that 30k back through una cunny way.
Am not excited.

Where would we be without social media in this country? And some do-no-good Northern senators are trying to pass the anti-social media bill.
God pass them.

Anyways... I have an iPad 4 for sale in PH. Check my signature for contact

Just because of the public outcry.


Imagine if they have implemented the social media bill banning social media in Nigeria.

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Person wey Dy owe lecturers Dy approve 30k for each student... Simply audio