The House of Representatives yesterday asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, to halt the planned closure of 556 alleged illegal schools operating within the territory. The House also mandated its committee on FCT to investigate the clampdown on the affected schools and report back to the chambers within four weeks.
A member of the House, Albert Abiodun Adeogun (APC, Osun), noted that public schools in the FCT were not sufficient to cater for the educational needs of the increasing population.
He said recent media reports showed that the Department of Quality Assurance of the Education Secretariat of the FCT had concluded all processes and got approval to close down the 556 schools described as “below standard and illegal as soon as funds are available to execute the plan.”
“The fate of the pupils who are in the various purported illegal private schools which have not been approved by FCT administration will impact negatively on the future of the children and destroy the need to improve the literacy rate of Nigerians,” he said.
The House directed its Committee on Customs to conduct a holistic investigation into the matter and report back within two weeks.
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