Kano Reps member-elect moves to settle NECO registration fee for constituents

From Mustapha Adamu, Kano

Muhammad Bello Shehu, House of Representatives member-elect of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), representing Fagge federal constituency, Kano state has begun moves to settle the registration fees for candidates of National Examinations Council (NECO) in the constituency.
Peoples Daily reports that the move came as a result of mass failure in qualify examination.
Qualify examination is organized by Kano state government for SS2 students as a requirement to pay for their NECO registration, but only for those that pass the examination.
Speaking on Thursday at the launch of series of meeting with parents of the students that failed in the qualify examination at his constituency, Shehu said the mass failure in the examination is a source of concern that needs to be addressed squarely.
Starting with the parents of the affected students at Aisha Shehu Girls Secondary School at the school’s premises, the member-elect said he decided to meet with the parents in order to chart ways on how to settle the NECO registration fee.
According to him, his intervention is sequel to the importance he attached to education as the main priority to him.
He explained that he had resolved to pay N13,000 for each affected student while their respective parents would pay the balance of N10,000, making it N23,000 for each of the affected students in all the secondary schools in the Fagge constituency.
“We sat with the parents of the affected students in this school, Aisha Shehu Girls Secondary School. We resolved that each father should pay N10,000 then o will pay the remaining N13,000 for all the students.
“In this school, Aisha Shehu and Mamman Vice Adamu, i am going to pay over N6.9 million. This is what I will be doing to the whole secondary schools in this constituency.
“We are doing this because we believe that these children are our children and they have to study. They have to write NECO to proceed. This is the best thing we should to them in order to achieve their life dreams.
“Therefore, this meeting will continue with parents of the affected students in other secondary schools across Fagge.
“We will also make sure we come up with motions and bills that will support the education of children, not only in Fagge, Kano or North, but in the whole country,” he said.