The Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, says he is the only Nigerian governor whose children attend school in Nigeria.
Nwifuru said when he told his colleagues at one of their meetings, they were surprised.
Governor Nwifuru is known to regularly speak about personal matters. Very recently, the governor took to his Instagram page to reveal that his dad is currently married to 30 wives and has 108 children.
Talking about his children, Nwifuru stated, “I am the only Governor in Nigeria presently that all his children are schooling in the country and not even beyond Southeast!
“3 in Ebonyi and 2 in Enugu. Their biggest school fees is N35,000 and when I told them in the Nigeria Governor’s forum, all were surprised and felt sober.
“Some Commissioners in my Government has schools they are paying over 2 Million naira per term for their children, but I can’t imagine myself paying such amount that’s more than N5 Million per term for my children.
“Where will I get the money to continue paying for their school fees after my temporary tenure as a Governor? I don’t want to develop blood pressure during the time I should be resting.
“We must have to join hands together and reposition educational system in the country such that we can bring down those things that are lacking here that is making those big men to always send their children abroad for studies and I must make sure it starts from Ebonyi State.”
Many of his social media followers have since reacted to the post. See some of the reactions:
Shirley Eloh (Managing Partner, Fabscent Global Ltd) says, “I don’t know. The grammar construct is bad too. I hope the kids are getting the best education possible.”
Nwadike Chukwuemeka (CCTV Center Operator at Salama Fikira) responds, “We are looking for Jobs and you are telling us politics.”
Mariatu Sule (Rebate & Invoicing Manager, Nigeria, at Lafarge Africa Plc” wonders, “As much as this sounds humble, I am not too sure that my feelings are NOT MIXED… What is the quality of that school or those schools where maximum school fees is N35,000? Hmmmnnn.”
Yomi Olalere (Inventor with Patent rights), says, “N35,000 per semester for a University education? No, something is wrong in many places. You cannot possibly expect the same quality in comparison with N2M per semester. If the state resources were being deployed to educate people at the postsecondary then we may have to review the economic governance.”
Saheed Olalekan Muraina (Manufacturing Operations Management) responds: “This statement doesn’t freak me in as much as it’s coming from a politician. 2027 is close and the politician has started an underground political sell out so they can convince gullible Nigerians to come back a second time. There was a governor in the north a few years back that claimed he enrolled his children in the public secondary school then but people went there a few years later but those kids were nowhere to be found.”
