Re: Row over PTA levy at FGC Daura

Sometimes, silence is the best answer to a fool but since in legal parlance silence could mean accepting of guilt, we are therefore compelled to respond as parents who want to save the image of ourselves the college and Daura Community in general. More so, the EXCO remained committed to the educational development of our […]

Sometimes, silence is the best answer to a fool but since in legal parlance silence could mean accepting of guilt, we are therefore compelled to respond as parents who want to save the image of ourselves the college and Daura Community in general. More so, the EXCO remained committed to the educational development of our children and the college.
The facts speak for themselves. The issue of PTA levy is a nationwide matter. It was not initiated by PTA FGC, Daura nor did it make it mandatory on parents. It was a directive from the national body of all PTA’s (104) general meeting held at Sokoto in March 2013. This was sequel to careful observation of the multiple problems facing the colleges which could be solved or handled by host communities or parents.
During the meeting it was observed that it was only FGC Daura that did not collect development levy; hence a definite directive to do so. Consequently, PTA FGC Daura at its general meeting of 2013 adopted and ratified this issue but considering the low-income of most parents, a minimum levy of N5,000 was agreed upon by the congress. For details of the breakdown of what constitutes the PTA N5,000 levy please contact any punctual parent or EXCO member. To the best of our knowledge and belief, the purchase of Peugeot 806 ten-sitter bus and the cost were in conformity with the price of commercial bus of such type and grade. The so-called controversial figure quoted by the faceless petitioner is not only mischievous and unfair, but out of tune with the reality of the fluctuating market forces in the country. The PTA EXCO and parents have so far been successfully executed many projects, including a staff room, two sets of furniture, wall-to-wall rugs, a generator, installed satellite television receiver, constructed VIP toilets, for boys, girls and for staff, and for the mosque, and provided succour to students that lost their parents, among others. Parents, teachers and the public generally should not be discouraged by faceless mischief makers.
Bashari Yasai, Gumel Ali Hamisu Zango, Dutse