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@dolawanle@JamesCleverly@RishiSunak@ehisforgood if you have read well the writer never said foreign students payment built the universities. And to argue, can you tell us how the government can savage the foreseeable shrinking economy that will follow.
@BwalaDaniel What kind of comparison is this. Firstly, palm oil is an home produce in Nigeria while imported product in the UK. The standard of living/labour per capita in the UK is far crazy higher than Nigeria. Disposable income by far also puts the countries on different disparity scales.
@dolawanle Did u commit any offense and can sorry redressed traffic rule violation? Please I asked this because I believe you have the knowledge as a professional thanks.
@dolawanle From this narration the boy was already sixteen before coming in with his parents at that age the parents should have been observance and know him enough to have portrayed such an incredible attitude. Back in their home country he must have being joining gang to beat people up.
@renoomokri This analysis of the Yoruba race is fully covered and I'm happy to read from someone giving the world the truth to read. I'm a proud Yoruba of the Igbomina dialect.
@renoomokri This view isn't only unpopular but also pictured the standard of living in these prospective japa countries is not favourably better to what is obtainable in your reference country. One who has worked to own house in those locations wt flowing income, japa won't be their option.
Although I have always admired the Yoruba for their very high culture of respect and diplomacy, which is encapsulated in the ethos of Omoluabi, but the 2023 campaign season deepened that affection.
When I disagree with them over politics, you see their responses. ‘Sir, it is not true’. ‘Egbon, I won’t agree’. ‘E sir, please don’t talk like that’. Even when they politically disagree with you, the Yoruba will still kill you with respect. Why won’t you love them?
That boorish, uncouth, vile and obnoxious behaviour we have all witnessed displayed by some people is significantly absent from them. If we can all agree to disagree without being disagreeable, like the Omoluabi, Nigeria will be a much sweeter place for all of us.
Such a cultured and refined people. A reflection of class and breeding. They stoop to conquer. Even when they disagree, by and large, they agree to disagree without being disagreeable. If everybody in Nigeria could imbibe their philosophy, Nigeria would be a paradise!
#TableShaker
AN OPEN APPEAL TO THE PRIME MINISTER FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE UK.
This is an open appeal to Prime Minister @RishiSunak@10DowningStreet following the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules on the 17th of July 2023. Students can no longer switch to the work routes until the completion of their studies and that will protect the universities from any disruption to their financial budgets and plans.
However, the universities have to be kept in check as they are ruthlessly deregistering students from their courses after paying 70% or even 90% of their fees in most cases. At least, I have had to intervene for many students as their lawyer and the universities were unreasonably stubborn.
Most of these foreign students are from very poor families in Africa, Asia, and some poorest countries in the world. Their parents or the students themselves sold lands, properties, borrowed money, and left lucrative jobs to further their studies in the United Kingdom.
On getting to the UK, they faced unbelievable challenges to get accommodation, were taken advantage of by greedy landlords and agents (who have to be more regulated when it comes to students), spent all the money they brought in hotels, and could not get a part-time job to support themselves. For them to pay 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90% of their school fees and be ruthlessly deregistered from their courses is absurd and inhumane, to say the least.
For the universities to report the students to the Home Office and for the Home Office to unreasonably curtail their leave thereby wasting all their investments into their education without allowing for any mitigation for not being able to meet their financial commitments is sheer wickedness.
Some of the university administrators have never traveled out of the UK. Some of them do not even have a British passport despite being British. Some of the Home Office staff curtailing the visa of these students do not even take into account the circumstances of the students like the bereavement of their sponsor and mental health issues coming from moving to a foreign country, etc.
I speak for thousands of foreign students today especially as they cannot switch to the work route before the completion of their degrees. They were pushed to be switching to the work route because of the unreasonable approach of the universities when it comes to paying their school fees.
Having lived in this beautiful country for more than half of my life, I have seen several immigration policies bite the dust. The government should not treat immigrants especially foreign students as if they have no choice but to come to the United Kingdom.
The universities cannot survive without the excessive and punitive school fees paid by foreign students. Most of the university students who are UK citizens are surviving on student loans which most of them don’t pay back. So, give the foreign students a bit of credit. They are contributing immensely to the growth of the UK economy with their school fees, experience, and the richness of their culture.
I am an immigrant and I got my degree in the UK. I raised three adult children who attended the university here. It is not easy being a university student here not to talk about being a foreign student. They need a lot of help
If they are treated like they do not matter, they will look elsewhere. The Prime Minister who is also the son of an immigrant should stand up and be counted. Foreign students need help, especially against the oppressive approach of some universities in the UK.
Dele Olawanle is the Principal Solicitor at Del & Co. Solicitors, London.
@gtbank Please be informed that Reference ID “230605289828196” issued for complaints has not been resolved please @cenbank take note it has lapsed two weeks thanks
@gtbank I have beginning to see the disappearing and the inability to liquidate of my GT-target saving fund as fraudulent act by you. After series of complaints through all your channels nothing is yet to be done, trust @cenbank would help me recover my money thanks