South-West Parents, PTA Stakeholders Urge FG to Suspend Proposed Concession of King’s College, Lagos

 


Aina Obasanjo 



Parents and Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) stakeholders across Federal Unity Colleges in the South-West have called on the Federal Government to suspend the proposed concession of King’s College, Lagos, pending comprehensive consultations with parents and other relevant stakeholders.

The call was contained in a joint statement issued on Monday by the chairman PTA of Kings college, Engr Peter Oluwaseye, and Farmer Ayopo Somefun, Zonal Coordinator, Federal Technical College, Ijebu Mushin, on behalf of concerned parents and PTA stakeholders across Federal Unity Colleges in the South-West.

The stakeholders expressed concern that the proposed concession could mark the beginning of a wider commercialization of Federal Unity Colleges, potentially making them unaffordable to children from average and low-income families.

They noted that Unity Colleges were established as national institutions to provide quality and affordable education to Nigerian children irrespective of their social, ethnic, religious or economic backgrounds.

The stakeholders therefore urged the Federal Ministry of Education to place the concession process on hold and provide full disclosure of its terms, conditions and long-term implications.

They also called for meaningful consultation with parents and other critical stakeholders before any major decision affecting the ownership, management, accessibility or affordability of Federal Unity Colleges is implemented.

On the proposed resumption of students, the stakeholders advised parents in the South-West not to embark on journeys to return their children or wards to school on Sunday, September 13, 2026, pending further communication.

They said the advice was aimed at preventing parents from incurring unnecessary financial costs or exposing themselves and their children to avoidable inconvenience.

The stakeholders stressed that parents and other concerned stakeholders would pursue their concerns peacefully, lawfully and responsibly.

They maintained that the Unity Colleges were established with public resources and should continue to serve Nigerian children across social and economic divides.

The stakeholders therefore called on the Honourable Minister of Education and the Federal Ministry of Education to listen to the concerns of parents and reconsider the proposed concession process.

They further urged the Federal Government to engage parents, PTA representatives and other relevant stakeholders in meaningful consultations before taking any decision that could affect the future, accessibility and affordability of Federal Unity Colleges.


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