Parents raise alarm over alleged extortion in Akwa Ibom unity school, seek FG’s intervention

Parents of students astatine the Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State person appealed to the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, to intervene successful the alleged extortion and aggregate charges by the schoolhouse absorption and the Parent-Teacher Association, PTA of the institution.

Mr Etim Ikong, a genitor whose ward is successful the elder class, claimed that the schoolhouse absorption asked each parents whose wards are successful SS1 to wage N20,000 for uniforms, which, according to him, had already been paid to the national authorities done Remita Retrieval Reference, RRR, to designated banks.

Speaking to journalists, Ikong said 1 of the items successful the RRR was N25,000 for uniforms, and astir parents had already paid, obtained slope tellers and were awaiting receipts earlier checking their wards into the hostel.

Ikong said parents were amazed erstwhile the schoolhouse absorption threatened to nonstop students location if they refused to wage different N20,000, allegedly for the aforesaid purpose.

He said the schoolhouse broke down the magnitude to see N7,500 for mattress screen and N12,500 for uniforms, totalling N20,000.

He lamented, “If they extort N20,000 from 600 students successful SS1, it amounts to N12,000,000 from 1 people alone. They would besides extort from caller intakes successful JS1, arsenic they would beryllium received on 4th October. This is not acceptable.

“We queried specified payments and argued that it has al...