Parents Protest Extortion As Unity Colleges Shut By Strike Resume

Angry parents have expressed concerns at widespread extortion and other sundry charges imposed on students after spending extra weeks at home due to the closure of the Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) across the country in protest over the planned concession or privatization of such institutions.
Our correspondent who monitored the resumption at some Unity Colleges in Akwa Ibom State, noted that at the FGC, Ikot Ekpene local government area, parents rejected the compulsory N20,000 imposed by the Parents/Teachers Association (PTA) in conjunction with the school management on students before being cleared into their halls of residence.
Lamenting over what he described as barefaced ext...