Abuja — Government should not be evasive when it comes to charging fees because "nothing good comes out of nothing, but we have to ensure that we protect the interest of the poor." Chairman of the soon-to-be inaugurated Abuja Branch of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Alumni Association, Chief Chyna Iwuanyanwu, who gave the advice in Abuja, recently said, "Let us be very realistic. If we are aspiring to be like Harvard, then we must be prepared to pay for it.
We have to evolve a system where the alumni and the private sector, who are the beneficiaries of these well-trained people have to think of how to partner with government to take up some of these responsibilities. We have people who can pay for the poor. All we have to do is design a system to do it."
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