El-Rufai Put An End To “Admission Fees” Payment In Kaduna Owned Tertiary Institutions

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam
Nasir El Rufai yesterday announced the
abolition of fees paid for admission
forms and their processing by applicants
seeking admission into tertiary
institutions owned by Kaduna state.

The State Commissioner for
Education, Dr. Shehu Usman-Adamu,
who spoke to journalists shortly after
the cabinet meeting at the Sir Kashim
Ibrahim House, Kaduna on behalf of
the governor said: “All state
government owned tertiary
institution have been directed to stop
payments for admission forms and
for the processing of the forms for all
tertiary schools in Kaduna State with
immediate effect.

“Under no condition should
prospective students be subjected to
buying scratch cards for admission
forms or pay processing fees in any of
the state-owned higher schools.

“Admission into higher institutions
should not be treated as a revenue
source, hence, government decision to
to abolishe the fees.

“The Governor has also directed that
all non-teaching occupants of school
quarters vacate the premises within
90 days.

“Henceforth teachers transferred to
other schools must vacate their
official quarters within six months to
give way for other occupants”, he
said.

Meanwhile, the State Executive
Council also approved a draft Fiscal
Responsibility Bill.

The State Commissioner for Finance,
Suleiman Kwari, who disclosed this
after the council meeting, said the
Fiscal Responsibility Bill is designed
to help protect the state from fiscal
indiscipline and reform public
financial management in the state.

He said: “The absence of a guiding
framework for fiscal policy by
previous governments had made the
state become one of the most indebted
in the country.

“Therefore, the new government has
decided to pursue macro-fiscal
discipline, compliance with rules and
the attainment of budget credibility,”
he said.

“A bill which will be submitted to the
state’s House of Assembly for
legislation would provide for an
independent commission to monitor
and enforce the provisions of the
proposed law.

“When passed into law, the bill will
limit possible deficits to not more
than five per cent of aggregated
revenue.

“The law if operational will also
create a Kaduna State Fiscal
Responsibility Commission, KADFREC,
which shall be independent and be
capable of recommending violators
for prosecution that on conviction
may result in imprisonment or the
payment of fines.”