A stalwart of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Lawal Usman has described the present hike of tuition fees in Kaduna states as an anti-people policy which has painful consequences on the populace.
Recall that the Kaduna State government hiked the tuition fees of Kaduna State University (KASU), College of Education Kafanchan and Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, and it generated outrage amongst Nigerians.
Usman while addressing journalists in Abuja, noted that “One would have easily ignored the ridiculous attempt by the Kaduna State Government to justify its outrageous, inhuman and astronomical increase in tuition fees in the state-owned higher institutions.
“Sadly, and for the fact that the reasons adduced and sited by the government smacks of wickedness, lack of compassion and failure to understand and share in the plight of the poor and common citizens of Kaduna state under the present harsh economic conditions.
“We must remember the reason why states are created in the first place, it is done in order to elaborate governance for the common good of its citizen. To take care of the welfare of the people and to provide a conducive and enabling environment for them to realise their potentials”, he added.
The 2019 Senatorial Candidate of the PDP for Kaduna Central, said the fact that the state government admitted that the increase in tuition fees is based on the high fees of private institutions clearly shows that the government does not understand why it was elected in the first place.
Furthermore, Usman said the claim by the state government that it has sacked political appointees by the state to reduce the cost of governance in the state is just a mere attempt to play to the gallery and deceive unsuspecting citizens.
“Sadly, nothing has changed in terms of the cost and expenditure on political appointees and other public office holders in the state. The ostentatious and flamboyant lifestyle of those close to the corridors of power in the Kaduna state government hasn’t changed, not in one bit.
“The recent insensitive sacking of civil servants in the state and the increasing cost of tuition fees in KASU, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic and COE Kafanchan will most certainly squeeze the earnings of those fortunate civil servants who were not visited by the hammer of the governor.
“They may still have their jobs but they are not exempt from the biting pain of heavy taxes on their salaries and worsened by this wanton increase in tuition for their wards. This action is callous and wicked, and does not in any way look like the actions of a people’s leader.
“While parents and students in the state are still trying to come to terms with the penury imposed on them, the Governor had the effrontery to tweet on his official Twitter Handle on the 3rd of June 2021, that there is: “No going back on increase in fees in KASU”. This tweet clearly tells one how wicked and insensitive the present government is”, he added.
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