I may not have anything else to give you for the great job you are doing in mobilizing youths to go get their PVCs. But anywhere I see your business tweet, I will retweet it.
Suspension of Examination Fees: A Victory for the People
I received the welcome news of the suspension of the newly introduced examination fees with relief. This is a victory for the Nigerian people.
While I commend the authorities for listening to the widespread public outcry and suspending the policy, it must be said that the fee was an unnecessary burden that should never have been introduced at this time of great hardship, when we should be doing everything possible to invest in basic education and reduce the millions of out-of-school children in Nigeria.
At a time when many families are struggling to make ends meet, access to education should be expanded, not restricted. Education is a fundamental right and a public good, not a source of government revenue.
Imposing multiple fees at the basic education level risks denying many children their right to education. At that stage, the State has a duty to invest in educating and preparing its citizens for productive lives, not to erect financial barriers that keep them out of school.
True leadership is demonstrated not only by making decisions but also by having the humility to reverse policies that impose unnecessary hardship on the people. Many other anti-people policies deserve similar reconsideration.
I thank the citizens, parents, and advocacy groups whose voices made this reversal possible.
A New Nigeria is Possible. -PO
See the fuss they're making because of wrongful parking? Like a whole minister left his busy schedule to handle wrongful parking himself, called the press, and even paid for media.
Now imagine Peter Obi really had a narcotics case or forged certificate case abroad...imagine what would have happened to him. In the Nigerian political context, Peter Obi is a saint.
"It was unbelievable. When the Chibok kidn@pping happened, it was President Jonathan they blamed. They went all over the world asking Jonathan to bring back the children. But when the åbduction happened in Oyo State, they said it was the irresponsibility of the state governor and the state government."
— Governor Seyi Makinde this afternoon during a meeting with Governor Bala Mohammed.