Exam fees suspension: ‘Education is not a source of revenue’ — Peter Obi

Presidential campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, has welcomed the suspension of the recently introduced introspection fees and urged the Federal Government to reappraisal different policies helium said enforce hardship connected Nigerians.

Obi spoke successful a connection posted connected his authoritative X leafage on Monday.

According to Obi, the suspension followed wide nationalist absorption to the policy, which helium argued would person placed further fiscal unit connected families already facing economical challenges.

He maintained that introducing introspection fees astatine the basal acquisition level would person created barriers to learning astatine a clip erstwhile efforts should beryllium focused connected reducing the fig of out-of-school children crossed the country.

“While I commend the authorities for listening to the wide nationalist outcry and suspending the policy, it indispensable beryllium said that the interest was an unnecessary load that should ne'er person been introduced astatine this clip of large hardship, erstwhile we should beryllium doing everything imaginable to put successful basal acquisition and trim the millions of out-of-school children successful Nigeria.

“At a clip erstwhile galore families are struggling to marque ends meet, entree to acquisition should beryllium expanded, not restricted. Education is simply a cardinal close and a nationalist good, not a root of authorities revenue,” helium stated.

Obi argued that governments person a work t...