The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party,
Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday, pledged that he would ensure that all entry
examinations into tertiary institutions were free for Nigerians.
According to him, his administration, if elected in 2023,
would ensure that parents do not pay a dime as registration fees for the West
African Examination Council, WAEC, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) and National Examination Council.
Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, said these his
manifesto currently being presented to the public in Abuja.
Aside from ensuring free examination forms, Kwankwaso said JAMB results under his government will have a lifespan of four years .
The NNPP presidential candidate also pledged to mop up the
20 million out-of-school children in Nigeria in the next four years.
In the document, Kwankwaso maintained that examination
bodies are not revenue generating agencies and must not operate as such.
He described as misnomer notion that any examination body
will generate income and contribute to the federation accounts
The document said, “Examination bodies are service agencies
that facilitate access to higher education and training for our teaming young
population.
“For our administration, no Nigerian child shall be denied
the Opportunity to write WAEC, NECO, JAMB, etc., because of their inability to
pay exorbitant registration/examination fees. These examinations shall be free
and all application forms for admission into Tertiary Education Institutions
shall also be free;
“These examination bodies will be adequately funded by the
kwankwaso administration.
“The notion that matriculation examination in Nigeria expires after one year will be stopped forthwith. JAMB results under the Kwankwaso government will have a lifespan of four years and TEIs will be required to accept these results for the purposes of admission.”
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