Parents to pay N250,000 fine over failure to enrol children in school Story from Usman UMAR The Nigerian Senate is planning to impose N250,000 fine on parents who neglect to enrol their children in school. Lawmakers in the Upper Chamber are pushing for an increase in the penalty paid by defaulting parents from N2,500 to N250,000. The Senate also approved a Bill for an Act to modify the Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act during the second reading. The Bill put forward by Senator Idiat Adebule aims to examine the law to ensure that a...