Muhammadu Buhari, who was yesterday announced the winner of the 2015 Presidential elections under the All Progressive Congress(APC), has announced free tuition in all Federal universities and polytechnic in the country.
Speaking
to journalists today, the President-elect said he is declaring free
education at tertiary level in appreciation of the support given to his
mandate by Nigerian youths.
“I want to thank you all for your support,” Buhari announced.
According
to him, most of those who supported him are youths and the only way to
repay them is to give them access to education at all levels.
“Education
is important and I pledge to make sure, as soon as I take-over, that
you don’t have to pay for it in any federal university or polytechnic in
this country,” the President-elect said.
Buhari also said he has plans to extend the free education to primary and secondary schools in the nearest future.
This is good news for many young Nigerians who face rising tuition fees at their various institutions.
Meanwhile, remember he said it on April Fool’s Day!’
But free education is not too much to ask for.
Is it?
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