HOW MUCH ARE YOU OWING IN SCHOOL FEE? By Kayode Adejumo Bello
My friend Ariyo has four children. It was tough; as would be expected for him to send the kids to school. In a school term, he usually have to cough out a minimum of N500, 000.00 (half amillion naira) because his children attended a 'mid-priced' school. Coughing out such amount every 3 months was killing my friend. He also have to pay house rent. My friend was perpetually in debt. He ran helter-skelter to make available the best he could through savings, goodwill assistance and difficult loans. Often times he was only able to pay a quarter or half of the half a million. His debt burdens mounted every 90 days. By the time he was owing nearly N2M in school fees, he finally came to his senses. He withdrew his first two children from the so-called private school and enrolled them in a public school! He told me in confidence that despite his 'huge' investments, his wards were only 'dragging by' academically as a result of poor quality of teaching, teaching staff and