Cambridge College Sues Rivers Over N17m Unpaid Tuition Fees

Cambridge College, Ikeja, Lagos, has sued the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency over an unpaid N17m debt. Punch correspondent gathered that the sum is the balance of tuition meant for

16 indigent students of the state who had their A level/Foundational Class at the college last year.It was learnt that the college is one of selected Lagos schools being owed tuition under the scholarship
scheme introduced by the Rivers State Government for its indigent but brilliant pupils.Others are the Supreme Education Foundation, Magodo; Chrisland Schools, Ikeja, and Edgewood International School.In a statement of claim filed before an Ikeja High Court and obtained by Punch correspondent on Thursday, the college authorities asked the RSSDA to pay the balance as well as N1m damages for breach of contract.The suit, which also joined the Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice as a defendant, also sought “interests at the prevailing Central Bank rate of 25 per cent per annum till the liquidation of the judgment.’’