Nigeria/25 junio de 2016/Fuente: Allafrica
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Protesta del propietario de Ogun escuela privada a través de gravámenes Múltiples, Otros
Las puntuaciones de los propietarios de escuelas privadas bajo los auspicios de la Asociación Nacional de Propietarios de Escuelas Privadas, capítulo Ogun han llevado a cabo una protesta por supuestas múltiples gravámenes y cargas por el gobierno del estado.
Los propietarios de escuelas privadas que irrumpieron en la Unión de Nigeria Secretaría periodistas, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta lamentaban el 50 por ciento de aumento en los cargos por el primer certificado de estudios examination.They dijo que se ha aumentado de N500 a N2,000.
Hablando en nombre de los propietarios, el presidente de la asociación, Alhaji Rilwan Hassan, dijo que el gobierno también ha aumentado las tasas para el certificado de examen de la Educación Básica en un 50 por ciento de N2,500 a N5,000.
Él explicó que no había disparidad entre las tasas que deben abonarse por las escuelas públicas y privadas para el gobierno del estado en estos dos exámenes.
Hassan dijo que la asociación había escrito tantas cartas a las autoridades competentes, incluido el Alake de Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, para intervenir en la situación, pero no hay respuesta.
El dijo: «Hemos llegado a apelar a través de usted y el público en general para ayudar llamamiento a Su Excelencia, el gobernador del estado de Ogun, el senador Ibikunle Amosun, para dar un respiro sobre temas que nos afectan como titulares de los centros privados y los padres que confían su niños en nuestras manos, que también son contribuyentes.
«Queremos que el gobierno a las decisiones sobre los cargos por BECE, FSLC, la señalización, la tasa de vecindad, las tasas de renovación y múltiples impuestos inversa.
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Scores of the private schools owners under the aegis of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Ogun chapter have staged a protest over alleged multiple levies and charges by the state government.
The Private schools owners who stormed the Nigeria Union of Journalists Secretariat, Oke Ilewo,Abeokuta lamented 50 per cent increase in the charges for the First School Leaving Certificate examination.They said it has been increased from N500 to N2,000.
Speaking on behalf of the proprietors, the President of the association, Alhaji Rilwan Hassan, said the government had also increased the fees for the Basic Education Certificate Examination by 50 per cent from N2,500 to N5,000.
He explained that there was disparity between fees and charges payable by the public and private schools to the state government on these two examinations.
Hassan said that the association had written so many letters to the relevant authorities, including the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, to intervene in the situation but no response.
He said, «We have come to appeal through you and the general public to help appeal to His Excellency, the Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, to give respite over issues affecting us as owners of private schools and the parents who entrust their children in our hands, who are also tax payers.
«We want the government to reverse decisions on charges for BECE, FSLC, signage, tenement rate, renewal fees and multiple taxes.
«The disparity is what we say we don’t want, we are not saying there is no justification for the increment because of stationery, but for it to have been jacked up by 400 per cent, it is quite disheartening. We are not enjoying any benefit as private schools owners.
«We are assisting the government to employ staff into our schools and a lot of us are on loans. It is a social service we are rendering.»
Hassan said pupils from the private schools in the state have been doing well in the West African Examinations Council, where 55 private secondary schools were among the best performed schools, last year.
He said, «We are among the best 1,000 schools in WAEC last year, no single public school in Ogun State in the last WAEC is among the 1,000 and we have 55 private schools from Ogun State, that are among.»
Reacting to the allegation, the State Commissioner for Education, Modupe Mujota, said the increments were necessary given the current economic reality in the country.
Mujota said the increments were not a routine exercise adding that they have not been touched in the last four years.
She said, «The intention of the government was not to kill the schools adding that the decision was in line with the school fees being charged .
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Nigeria: Ogun Private School Owners Protest Over Multiple Levies, Others
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