Abia State House of Assembly has passed a resolution directing its
Committee on Education to invite the Commissioner for Basic Education, the
leadership of ASUBEB and other related functionaries for interaction on the
current lucrative business of sales and use of customized text and exercise
books in schools.
According
to the Abia State House of Assembly, the current trend is to the detriment of
parents and the society at large.
The
Speaker of the Abia parliament, Emmanuel Emeruwa, who announced the resolution
during plenary, said that serious attention was to be beamed on the activities
of the operators of institutions where the future generations are groomed.
The
Speaker added that the Committee has two weeks within which to report back to
the House.
The
resolution followed a motion on the use of customized text and exercise books
in private schools in Abia State, brought before the House by the member
representing Aba Central, Mr Stephen Ucheonye.
Ucheonye
had, through his motion, alleged that some proprietors of schools sell books at
exorbitant prices and make it impossible for any two persons to make use of one
text book.
He
called on the House to intervene and halt the continued extortion of parents
and guardians in the state.
The
House at plenary also passed a resolution urging the State government through
the Commissioner for Health, to urge the Federal Government to as a matter of
urgency, deploy medical doctors and other relevant medical personnels to the
Sustainable Development Multipurpose Hospital in Ugwunagbo.
This,
according to the House, is to take care of the health concerns of patients who
visit the hospital in their numbers for medical solutions.
The
resolution was sequel to a matter of Urgent Public Importance brought before
the House by the member representing Ugwunagbo State Constituency, Chijioke
Uruakpa.
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