Owie carpets Tinubu over concession of Kings College

Former Senate Chief Whip Sir Rowland Owie criticised President Bola Tinubu over the concession of Kings College Lagos to the school's old boys association, a decision that has led to a national strike by staff of unity schools. The staff contend that other unity schools could face a similar fate if the Kings College concession succeeds, arguing it is a surreptitious way of privatising the school. Reacting in Benin City, Owie said unity schools are the remaining symbols of unity in the country. He expressed shock that a president from the old western region, where free education and free health started under the old UPN, could take such action.

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