Yahaya Bello: Reno Omokri Calls For Shutdown Of Abuja School For Collecting Fees In Dollars

Following the revelation of how Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, paid school fees for his children including his pre-school child, Zayyan Ali Bello, in advance up to 2034/35, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has called for the shutdown of the school.

Bello was alleged to have paid a total of $845,852.84 from the Kogi State government’s accounts to American International School of Abuja (AISA) as tuition fees for five of his children.

Reacting, Omokri in a write-up he posted on his social media Page, asked why a school domiciled in Nigeria is collecting school fees in dollars.

He further questioned if the United States will tolerate a school in America collecting fees in Naira or any other currency, calling the AISA action as ‘wrong and probably illegal’.

“The question Nigerians are not asking is why the American International School, Abuja, is collecting school fees in U.S. Dollars for a school that is domiciled in Nigeria. That is wrong, and probably illegal!

“Would the United States tolerate a school in America collecting fees in Naira or any other currency? Of course not!

“Fact-check me: Last year, the American International School, Abuja, had over 500 students. Consider the downward pressure that school is causing on the Naira if 500 students pay hundreds of thousands of dollars each as school fees annually.

“That is a bigger offence and more severe economic sabotage against Nigeria than the alleged actions of Yahaya Bello.

“If I were the Minister of Education of Nigeria, that school would have been closed, and their Directors would be receiving the same treatment meted out to Binance executive,” he said.

He asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to not only prosecute the school owners but to order the refund of all fees paid in dollars.

“If the EFCC swings to action and not only prosecutes the owners of that school, but also asks them to refund all parents who paid their fees in Dollars and ordered them to repay in Naira, it would have an immediate and positive impact on the Naira,” he said.

The Nigerian Voice recalls that EFCC had recently formed a Special task force to enforce laws prohibiting currency defacement and dollarization of the Nigerian economy.