Drama as Parents reject N25,000 COVID-19 test levy for WAEC students

Parents of students at private high schools in Ogun State are protesting the payment of N25,000 as COVID-19 testing fees by every student billed to return to schools tomorrow before their WAEC exams.


The government has said that only students certified as COVID-19 free will be allowed to enter school premises.

But parents alongside their wards visited in large numbers the mobile COVID-19 gene laboratory located in the MTR specialized hospital, in Abeokuta, for the COVID-19 test, to be informed of the payment of N 25,000 per student. The parents then became agitated and organized a protest against what they called the monetization of the test.

They also asked why the government would impose a tax on students in private schools while their public school counterparts were tested for free, arguing the disparity was against the election manifesto that introduced the current administration of free education. The aggrieved parents also closed the door to the hospital, as part of measures to demonstrate their grievances against the decision.

For more than 6 hours, they took over the premises and brought activities to a halt, preventing entry and exit into the hospital.
Speaking with newsmen, one of the parents, Dr. Kehinde Sanwo questioned why the government should discriminate between students in public and private schools, adding that they are all children of the state are should be treated equally.

Sanwo, who is the Vice-Chairman, Parent Teachers Association (PTA) of Taidob College, Asero, Abeokuta, said “The parents here are good citizens of Ogun State and are taxpayers. It is so disheartening that we are here at the MTR hospital, the venue for the COVID-19 test. “When we arrived we were told to pay N25,000. Whereas, some people who arrived earlier paid nothing. So, we don’t know where the decision came from. Some of us have more than two children.”
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