By Ishaya Ibrahim
Former senator who represented Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has lashed out at those who plan to enroll their children in a new school in Lagos where the school fee per child is N42 million.
The Senator was reacting to a report where a school, Charterhouse, announced that its newly established primary school in the Lekki area of Lagos would be charging N42 million as school fees and another N2 million as a non-refundable registration fee.
In dollar terms, the N42m million that the Charterhouse primary school intends to take from rich Nigerian parents is $38,200 (using N1,100 exchange rate).
In a post on his X handle, Sani said: “The Lagos School that charges N42 million is not the problem, the people that pay such sum to register are the problem.”
The school has since defended the huge amount, claiming the aim is to give their pupils the quality of education that is currently unavailable in Nigeria.
The director of Communications, Admissions and Marketing of the school, Damilola Olatunbosun told the Nigerian Tribune that Charterhouse is not just like every other school anywhere globally but a prestigious and value-driven world-class educational institution that parents who love quality and second to none education will always want their children to be.
Asked about the possibility of the school reducing its fees in response to the public criticism,the director responded. “Education is like somebody who is hungry and wants to take lunch and go to a restaurant where a plate of food is N5,000 and another go elsewhere to take the same size of food at just N2,000 and yet another go elsewhere where he or she will get it for N15,000 or more.
“Though the food may look alike, their value will never be the same. So, it is about providing value for money and that is what we do at Charterhouse.”