The new e-fees payment method for unity schools in which
students were required to generate a Remita Reference (RR) online
before using it to complete the payment, was said to be full of
twists and turns.
Students have started reporting to schools for the second term
on Saturday but thousands of students were reportedly stranded
because they could not pay school fees due to system failure.
Parents in Plateau State have attributed challenges with the new
e-platform to last minute rush.
Isa Abdullahi whose son attended Federal Government College, Jos
said parents who paid their children’s school fees in December
faced little or no challenge with the e-payments, usually done on a
single multi-bank platform.
Abdullahi said “usually the remita reference for the payment is
generated at internet café before taking it to the bank. However,
for FGC Jos, we were able to generate it from the school’s computer
centre and then we took it to the bank. Right now, most banks are
having challenges accessing the remita platform which I believe is
due to congestion.”
He, however, said with the boarding students returning to school
yesterday (Sunday), parents would be ready to plead with the school
management to let students who were unable to complete their
registration due to network challenges.
Our correspondent who also spoke to Mr. Joseph Iwu whose
daughter was in FGGC Langtang, learned that he paid his daughter’s
fees earlier seamlessly. “A number of parents have told me that the
banks are facing network challenges right now but I believe it is
due to the rush. I paid my daughter’s fees without challenge a day
after the New Year.”
In Benue State, parents have decried the untold hardship they
faced with e-payment at banks occasioned by poor internet
access.
Our correspondent who spoke to some parents said that many of
them have yet to make the necessary payment and as such their
children could not return to school.
Mrs. Grace Alfa was, however, lucky to have paid her daughter’s
fees on Thursday after visiting many banks earlier without positive
result.
Alfa’s daughter, an SSS1 student of Federal Government College,
Gboko, returned to school on Sunday while her mates who faced
problems with banks remained at home.
“There had been a problem with internet connection and banks
can’t access our accounts. Even after I raised the remita reference
from the cybercafé and got to the bank, there was no network. I
also tried making the payment by bank draft and that too didn’t
work out. I went to several banks without luck until on Thursday
when I had to queue at one bank before I got my payment done,” Alfa
narrated.
But, Mr. Attah Ede said his son who attended Federal Technical
College, Otukpo could not return to school on Sunday because his
fees were not paid due to major problems with the new method.
“My son is still at home because he hasn’t been able to make
payment of his fees at the bank due to a network problem. Many
other children who were expected to have returned to school
yesterday are also still at home as a result of the same
problem.
“This e-payment hasn’t helped us at all. Each time, it occurs
like this, the children would remain at home until we (parent) are
able to sort out the bank issue because the school will not admit
them back,” Ede said.
Some students in Kwara state were who could not pay their fees
were said to have been asked to return home, a source said but an
official with FGC Ilorin denied sending any students home over
e-payment.
Mr. Likita Gimba said his son; Samuel was an SSS 2 student at
Federal Government College, Orozo, Abuja.
“I didn’t face any challenge because I followed the instructions
given to me. Once you follow the instruction you won’t have any
problem,” he said.
He said he paid N25,500as fees adding that students also paid
N5,000 as PTA levy.
Another Parent, Malam Aminu Isyaku said he couldn’t pay his
child’s fees because internet hitches at banks.
He paid N25,000 as fees for his son, Sani who was in SSS1 at FGC
Orozo.
“I faced network challenge. I have been trying to log in but the
portal was not responding. It was after several attempts I was able
to log in.”
He said the portal was too slow and overloaded due to the number of
people trying to log in.
He called on the government to improve the network services to
enable students to have access to the portal and pay their school
fees.
Due to the economic situation of the country, many students in
Kaduna State are resuming school today without paying their
fees.
Daily Trust reporter who interviewed some parents in the state
gathered that a lot of expenses were made for the Christmas and new
year celebrations coupled with the fuel scarcity experienced during
the season, which made prices of almost every item and cost of
transportation to rise.
A parent, Hajiya Hadiza said the private school where her
children attend allow that they pay at least 50percent of school
fee before resumption. “Although, those who cannot afford to pay
the 50 percent might still be allowed to resume school because it
is not easy to raise even the 50 percent of the school fee,” she
said.
Mr. Nathaniel Joseph said his three children are resuming school
tomorrow (today) without their school fees.
“My inability to raise their school fees now will not stop them
from resuming. Since they are not new students in the school, they
would be allowed and latest by January end, I will pay up the fee,”
he lamented.
Mrs. Bukola Akande on her own part said she was able to pay the
school fee of only one of her three children before resumption,
saying, the other two will resume and have their fee paid by end of
January or February. “The schools too should understand that things
are not easy,” she stressed.
The new e-fees payment method for unity schools in which
students were required to generate a Remita Reference (RR) online
before using it to complete the payment, was said to be full of
twists and turns.
Students have started reporting to schools for the second term
on Saturday but thousands of students were reportedly stranded
because they could not pay school fees due to system failure.
Parents in Plateau State have attributed challenges with the new
e-platform to last minute rush.
Isa Abdullahi whose son attended Federal Government College, Jos
said parents who paid their children’s school fees in December
faced little or no challenge with the e-payments, usually done on a
single multi-bank platform.
Abdullahi said “usually the remita reference for the payment is
generated at internet café before taking it to the bank. However,
for FGC Jos, we were able to generate it from the school’s computer
centre and then we took it to the bank. Right now, most banks are
having challenges accessing the remita platform which I believe is
due to congestion.”
He, however, said with the boarding students returning to school
yesterday (Sunday), parents would be ready to plead with the school
management to let students who were unable to complete their
registration due to network challenges.
Our correspondent who also spoke to Mr. Joseph Iwu whose
daughter was in FGGC Langtang, learned that he paid his daughter’s
fees earlier seamlessly. “A number of parents have told me that the
banks are facing network challenges right now but I believe it is
due to the rush. I paid my daughter’s fees without challenge a day
after the New Year.”
In Benue State, parents have decried the untold hardship they
faced with e-payment at banks occasioned by poor internet
access.
Our correspondent who spoke to some parents said that many of
them have yet to make the necessary payment and as such their
children could not return to school.
Mrs. Grace Alfa was, however, lucky to have paid her daughter’s
fees on Thursday after visiting many banks earlier without positive
result.
Alfa’s daughter, an SSS1 student of Federal Government College,
Gboko, returned to school on Sunday while her mates who faced
problems with banks remained at home.
“There had been a problem with internet connection and banks
can’t access our accounts. Even after I raised the remita reference
from the cybercafé and got to the bank, there was no network. I
also tried making the payment by bank draft and that too didn’t
work out. I went to several banks without luck until on Thursday
when I had to queue at one bank before I got my payment done,” Alfa
narrated.
But, Mr. Attah Ede said his son who attended Federal Technical
College, Otukpo could not return to school on Sunday because his
fees were not paid due to major problems with the new method.
“My son is still at home because he hasn’t been able to make
payment of his fees at the bank due to a network problem. Many
other children who were expected to have returned to school
yesterday are also still at home as a result of the same
problem.
“This e-payment hasn’t helped us at all. Each time, it occurs
like this, the children would remain at home until we (parent) are
able to sort out the bank issue because the school will not admit
them back,” Ede said.
Some students in Kwara state were who could not pay their fees
were said to have been asked to return home, a source said but an
official with FGC Ilorin denied sending any students home over
e-payment.
Mr. Likita Gimba said his son; Samuel was an SSS 2 student at
Federal Government College, Orozo, Abuja.
“I didn’t face any challenge because I followed the instructions
given to me. Once you follow the instruction you won’t have any
problem,” he said.
He said he paid N25,500as fees adding that students also paid
N5,000 as PTA levy.
Another Parent, Malam Aminu Isyaku said he couldn’t pay his
child’s fees because internet hitches at banks.
He paid N25,000 as fees for his son, Sani who was in SSS1 at FGC
Orozo.
“I faced network challenge. I have been trying to log in but the
portal was not responding. It was after several attempts I was able
to log in.”
He said the portal was too slow and overloaded due to the number of
people trying to log in.
He called on the government to improve the network services to
enable students to have access to the portal and pay their school
fees.
Due to the economic situation of the country, many students in
Kaduna State are resuming school today without paying their
fees.
Daily Trust reporter who interviewed some parents in the state
gathered that a lot of expenses were made for the Christmas and new
year celebrations coupled with the fuel scarcity experienced during
the season, which made prices of almost every item and cost of
transportation to rise.
A parent, Hajiya Hadiza said the private school where her
children attend allow that they pay at least 50percent of school
fee before resumption. “Although, those who cannot afford to pay
the 50 percent might still be allowed to resume school because it
is not easy to raise even the 50 percent of the school fee,” she
said.
Mr. Nathaniel Joseph said his three children are resuming school
tomorrow (today) without their school fees.
“My inability to raise their school fees now will not stop them
from resuming. Since they are not new students in the school, they
would be allowed and latest by January end, I will pay up the fee,”
he lamented.
Mrs. Bukola Akande on her own part said she was able to pay the
school fee of only one of her three children before resumption,
saying, the other two will resume and have their fee paid by end of
January or February. “The schools too should understand that things
are not easy,” she stressed.
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