House of Representatives, on Thursday called for the reduction of
the fees being collected from students by the Nigerian Law School.
The House has now mandated its Committees on Justice, Tertiary
Education and Services, and Finance to interface with the
Director-General of Nigerian Law School and other stakeholders on the
issue.
The motion was adopted by Mark Gbillah (Benue-APC), who said the increases in the fees over the last few years was alarming.
He said: “The prevailing economic circumstances in the country and
the insistence by some legal luminaries that the profession is elitist
and the training capital intensive, calls for quick intervention by the
Federal Government.
“It is important the Federal Government and all stockholders stop
paying lip service to the problem and initiate an emergency national
discourse to safeguard the future of this Nobel profession.”
Contributing to the motion, Rep. Abubakar Adamu (Niger-APC) said:
“From the look of things, we are making education for the rich alone.
How can a child of a poor person afford N400,000 to attend law school?”