Parents raise alarm over alleged extortion in Akwa Ibom unity school, seek FG’s intervention

Parents of students at the Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State have appealed to the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, to intervene in the alleged extortion and multiple charges by the school management and the Parent-Teacher Association, PTA of the institution.
Mr Etim Ikong, a parent whose ward is in the senior class, claimed that the school management asked all parents whose wards are in SS1 to pay N20,000 for uniforms, which, according to him, had already been paid to the federal government through Remita Retrieval Reference, RRR, to designated banks.
Speaking to journalists, Ikong said one of the items in the RRR was N25,000 for uniforms, and most parent...