Workers Shut Down Education Ministry Over King’s College Concession, Threaten to Close 115 Unity Schools
• As APCI raises the alarm, demands reversal of 35-year concession of college Kuni Tyessi in Abuja and Funmi Ogundare in Lagos Workers of the Federal Ministry of Education on
Federal Ministry of Education workers in Nigeria shut down the Abuja headquarters over a proposed 35-year concession of King's College, Lagos, to its old boys' association. The Joint Workers Union, comprising ASCSN and four other unions, threatened to indefinitely shut down the ministry and all 115 Federal Unity Colleges. African Principals Conference Initiative called for the reversal of the proposed concession, warning it would lead to job losses and undermine public education.
Director-General Joseph Ayodele expressed concern over the opaque process and the commercialization of public trusts. The protest followed the ministry's announcement of the transfer to the college's old boys' association, and workers accused the Minister of Education of refusing to meet over staff welfare issues.
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