Femi Falana, a human rights attorney, has urged federal university administrators nationwide to “immediately suspend the plan to increase tuition and school fees, especially because the majority of people have been rendered impoverished as a result of the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy.”
On Thursday, Tayo Soyemi issued a statement on behalf of Falana and Falana Chambers in which Falana made the announcement.
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The senior lawyer said, “Since the federal government has not lifted the 1975 policy which abolished the payment of tuition fees in federal tertiary institutions, the federal universities lack the power to impose astronomical tuition fees on students.”
“The payment of school fees in junior secondary schools is illegal as Section 2 of the Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act and Section 15 of the Child’s Rights Act have imposed a legal obligation on the federal and state governments to provide free, compulsory and universal basic education for every child from primary to junior secondary level.
“We have noted that the governments have not taken cognizance of the plight of physically challenged people in the implementation of the new education policy. It is pertinent to point out that it is illegal to collect school fees from physically challenged students.”
