November 01, (THEWILL) – candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has unveiled his blueprint for the governance of the country if elected President in the 2023 elections.
Unveiling his manifesto on Tuesday, in Abuja, the NNPP presidential candidate stated that restructuring of the country would be by popular demand.
“Our government will listen to Nigerians. We are not going to be rigid on restructuring. Whatever Nigerians want will be given to them. These documents will be transmitted into the local languages so that people who don’t read or understand English will read”, he said.
He pledged that he would ensure that all entry examinations into tertiary institutions were free for Nigerians.
The NNPP presidential candidate also promised to ensure that parents do not pay registration fees for the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and National Examination Council (NECO) examinations.
He as well promised that JAMB results under his government, would have a lifespan of four years.
In the document, Kwankwaso pledged to mop up the 20 million out-of-school children in Nigeria in the next four years.
Kwankwaso, who maintained that examination bodies are not revenue generating agencies, described as misnomer, the 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 teeming 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.”
