ASCSN raises fresh alarm over plans to sell unity schools

• Warns millions of children’ll lose access to quality education

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has urged the Federal Government to immediately halt what it described as renewed plans to concession the Federal Government Colleges, popularly known as Unity Schools, to private individuals under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, warning that the move could destroy one of Nigeria’s most enduring educational legacies.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the union said any attempt to hand over Unity Schools to private interests would make quality secondary education unaffordable for millions of Nigerian children and undermine the country’s const...