The Federal Ministry of Education has directed that King's College, Lagos, one of Nigeria's oldest and most prominent secondary schools, be concessioned to the King's College Old Boys Association (KCOBA). According to Vanguard, the ministry ordered an immediate commencement of the handover process, which would transfer management of the institution to the alumni body. Further details on the terms of the concession arrangement were not provided in the report.

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has rejected the reported concession of King's College and called for an immediate reversal of the arrangement. According to the group, while it recognises the contributions of alumni associations to educational development, there is a clear difference between supporting public schools through donations and assuming management control of such institutions under a concession deal. The organisation insisted that public schools should not be handed over to private interests.

A union at King's College in Nigeria has pledged to keep the institution closed until authorities reverse a proposed concession arrangement. Mr Samuel Enang, Chairman of the King's College unit of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), said the association totally rejected the concession plan because its members were employed by the Federal Government. The dispute centres on concerns over the employment status of staff should the school be handed over under the concession, with the union insisting on the reversal as a condition for reopening.

King's College, Lagos, has been shut down by its staff union following the Federal Government's directive for the immediate handover of the 116-year-old school to the King's College Old Boys' Association. The closure has thrown the planned Sunday resumption of students into uncertainty, with the school's Parent-Teacher Association saying it will determine by Thursday whether the resumption will proceed, according to Punch.

Parents have threatened to shut down Nigeria's unity colleges over plans to concession Kings College, Vanguard reports. In a statement, the parents argued that unity colleges were established as national institutions offering quality, affordable education to Nigerian children regardless of social class, ethnicity, religion or financial capacity. They warned that any policy placing these schools beyond the reach of ordinary Nigerians must be reconsidered, and vowed to resist the concession arrangement if the government proceeds with it.

Lecturers at Tharaka University in Kenya allege that the institution's administration routinely violates their collective bargaining agreement and disregards their rights as it pursues rapid growth and transformation, according to Business Today. The claims highlight broader concerns about the exploitation of academic staff at public universities in the country, where disputes over working conditions and union agreements have been a recurring source of tension between educators and university management.