PTA, NUT fear increased school dropout over fuel price hike

He called on the government at all levels to take urgent action to support parents, ensuring that their children can continue attending school.

“We appeal to the government to address the issue of poverty in our country. They should consider providing free transportation in certain areas for schoolchildren. Designated vehicles could pick up children from specific points to help ease the burden on parents,” the PTA national leader said.

Similarly, the Secretary-General of the NUT, Dr. Mike Ike-Ene, expressed concern that teachers would struggle to attend school regularly due to their meagre salaries.

“The government has made several promises without fulfilling any. If a parent has four children attending different schools, they could end up spending N5,000 per day on transportation, which is outrageous. Teachers are required to be physically present at school every day, while other workers can work from home some days, yet many primary school teachers have not even received the minimum wage. What kind of education system are we running?

Corruption convicts should not enjoy state pardon – AGF

The statement quoted the minister as saying, “I will suggest in our next constitution review exercise that we expunge those found guilty of corruption from benefiting from powers of ‘Prerogative of Mercy’ to serve as a deterrent to others.

“The cooperation of all stakeholders, especially the AGs, is crucial in the fight against corruption.”

He further advised the state Attorneys General to eschew nepotism, political witch-hunting, rivalry, and bigotry in the fight against corruption just because they want to please their governors.

Electricity workers demand NLC president Ajaero’s release

It added, “This act of the government signifies trampling on masses and is tantamount to beating a child and preventing the child from crying.

“An injury to Ajaero is an injury to all Nigerian workers and Electricity employees. Nigeria is our collective country; our leaders should not make us live like slaves who cannot express themselves in our country.

“We demand unequivocal and unconditional release of Com. Joe Ajaero, without any harm, meted to him. We are using this medium to put all our members on alert for further directives.”

parents lament on Adverse effects of hike in petrol pump price as schools resume

The bus fare is now very high. We are hoping that the price of things will come down. If not, it is going to affect school resumption because everything has tripled.

”We are praying and hoping that things will get better,” she said.

Mr Joseph Okoh, a businessman, said that he had to move his children to a cheaper school that was affordable for him.

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