El-Rufai Just Lands In Fresh Trouble
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state is under a new attack
by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, (ASCSN)
over remarks made by the governor that President Muhammadu
Buhari should auction the 104 Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) in
the country.
The group, through a statement, also advised President Buhari to
distance himself from the attempts by El-Rufai to auction the
Unity Colleges to private enterprises and state governments.
During the Founders Day programme organised by the King’s
College Old Boys Association in Lagos, El-Rufai had advised the
federal government to sell out all the 104 Unity Colleges to
private companies and governments of each state, but ASCSN has
asked the Nigerian president to disregard such a suggestion.
According to Vanguard, the statement signed by ASCSN’s
Secretary-General, Alade Bashir Lawal, insisted that apart from
the fact that the campaign was ill-motivated and designed for
personal aggrandizement, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
also used it as an anti-people education policy under the
administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
“We advise President Buhari to be wary of the likes of El-Rufai
who wants to push him to enter into a collision course with the
entire citizenry by embarking on this very unpopular policy
barely four months after he assumed office.
“Besides, the Kaduna State governor himself should concentrate
on carrying out programmes that will uplift the living standards
of millions of Kaduna State citizens, particularly the poor masses
who roam the streets of Kaduna and its environs in search of
means of livelihood instead of embarking on self-centred agenda
that will make qualitative secondary education a commodity only
for the rich in the country.
“Thus, in 1966, the Balewa administration set up three Federal
Unity Colleges, one in Warri for Western region, another in
Sokoto for Northern region and the third one at Okposi for
Eastern region.
“Today, the Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria are 104 and
records at the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and
the National Examination Council, NECO, clearly show that
students of these schools excel in examinations set by the two
bodies when compared with other secondary schools in the
country,” the statement read.
The group noted further that the unity schools, the Armed Forces,
as well as the National Youth Service, among others, are the only
institutions existing in the country to ensure unity and national
consciousness, and any attempt to auction them would only
breed disunity in the country.
El-Rufai, who had been rumoured to be in serious discord with
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, released pictures to
clear the air on the suggestions. He was also said to have shut
down churches and seminaries in the state. http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/el-rufai-just-lands-in-fresh-trouble/
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state is under a new attack
by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, (ASCSN)
over remarks made by the governor that President Muhammadu
Buhari should auction the 104 Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) in
the country.
The group, through a statement, also advised President Buhari to
distance himself from the attempts by El-Rufai to auction the
Unity Colleges to private enterprises and state governments.
During the Founders Day programme organised by the King’s
College Old Boys Association in Lagos, El-Rufai had advised the
federal government to sell out all the 104 Unity Colleges to
private companies and governments of each state, but ASCSN has
asked the Nigerian president to disregard such a suggestion.
According to Vanguard, the statement signed by ASCSN’s
Secretary-General, Alade Bashir Lawal, insisted that apart from
the fact that the campaign was ill-motivated and designed for
personal aggrandizement, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
also used it as an anti-people education policy under the
administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
“We advise President Buhari to be wary of the likes of El-Rufai
who wants to push him to enter into a collision course with the
entire citizenry by embarking on this very unpopular policy
barely four months after he assumed office.
“Besides, the Kaduna State governor himself should concentrate
on carrying out programmes that will uplift the living standards
of millions of Kaduna State citizens, particularly the poor masses
who roam the streets of Kaduna and its environs in search of
means of livelihood instead of embarking on self-centred agenda
that will make qualitative secondary education a commodity only
for the rich in the country.
“Thus, in 1966, the Balewa administration set up three Federal
Unity Colleges, one in Warri for Western region, another in
Sokoto for Northern region and the third one at Okposi for
Eastern region.
“Today, the Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria are 104 and
records at the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and
the National Examination Council, NECO, clearly show that
students of these schools excel in examinations set by the two
bodies when compared with other secondary schools in the
country,” the statement read.
The group noted further that the unity schools, the Armed Forces,
as well as the National Youth Service, among others, are the only
institutions existing in the country to ensure unity and national
consciousness, and any attempt to auction them would only
breed disunity in the country.
El-Rufai, who had been rumoured to be in serious discord with
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, released pictures to
clear the air on the suggestions. He was also said to have shut
down churches and seminaries in the state. http://247nigerianewsupdate.co/el-rufai-just-lands-in-fresh-trouble/
