The federal government's planned concession of King's College in Lagos to its old boys' association disrupted the resumption of students in Federal Unity Colleges nationwide. The Joint Congress of Unions in the Federal Ministry of Education insisted that no resumption should take place until the government reverses the concession. Checks showed that several colleges remained deserted, with parents either keeping their children at home or turning back. The unions warned that the arrangement could pave the way for the transfer of other public unity colleges to private interests.
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