Two Turkish schools in Nigeria have changed their names, following the coup attempt in that country three months ago.
The schools have now expunged the name ‘Turkish’ from their names, in view of their involvement in the coup as alleged by the Turkish government.
Vanguard reliably gathered that Nigerian-Turkish International School in Abuja had been changed to Nigerian Tulips International College, while the Nigeria Turkish Nile University had been changed to Nigeria Nile University.
Recall that the Turkish government had asked the Federal government to shut down Turkish schools in the country after the coup that took place in Turkey about July this year, claiming that they were owned by the Gulien movement, labelled a terrorist group, but the request was turned down.
However, a member of the House of Representatives, Raphael Nnana Igbokwe, has lampooned the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, for registering schools bearing the name of Turkish government without getting clearance from the country.
He said: “Ordinarily, with the name Nigerian Turkey or Turkey International School, one will presume that the school is owned by the government of Turkey or has the support or backing of the government of Turkey.
“But the schools have has now exposed, with the Turkish government and the embassy coming out to say that they don’t have any input or any stake in them, neither did they give consent or approval for the name of Turkey to be used.
“Then, the fundamental question now becomes, where were our regulatory agencies, especially the Corporate Affairs Commission? Where did they turn their eyes when they approved that name?
The schools have now expunged the name ‘Turkish’ from their names, in view of their involvement in the coup as alleged by the Turkish government.
Vanguard reliably gathered that Nigerian-Turkish International School in Abuja had been changed to Nigerian Tulips International College, while the Nigeria Turkish Nile University had been changed to Nigeria Nile University.
Recall that the Turkish government had asked the Federal government to shut down Turkish schools in the country after the coup that took place in Turkey about July this year, claiming that they were owned by the Gulien movement, labelled a terrorist group, but the request was turned down.
However, a member of the House of Representatives, Raphael Nnana Igbokwe, has lampooned the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, for registering schools bearing the name of Turkish government without getting clearance from the country.
He said: “Ordinarily, with the name Nigerian Turkey or Turkey International School, one will presume that the school is owned by the government of Turkey or has the support or backing of the government of Turkey.
“But the schools have has now exposed, with the Turkish government and the embassy coming out to say that they don’t have any input or any stake in them, neither did they give consent or approval for the name of Turkey to be used.
“Then, the fundamental question now becomes, where were our regulatory agencies, especially the Corporate Affairs Commission? Where did they turn their eyes when they approved that name?
