President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that there will
be free education for science, technology and education
students in tertiary institutions.
Buhari gave the assurance yesterday while presenting the
2016 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National
Assembly.
Buhari stressed that this would indeed mark a historic
milestone for us as a nation.
He said his administration would unveil a conditional cash
transfer programme for the poorest and most vulnerable.
The president said the full programme would be presented in
the coming weeks and that it would be home-grown public
primary school feeding.
“Furthermore, through the office of the Vice President, we
are working with various development partners to design an
implementable and transparent conditional cash transfer
program for the poorest and most vulnerable.
“This program will be implemented in phases. Already, the
compilation of registers of the poorest persons is ongoing,”
he said.
He explained that “in the coming weeks, we will present the
full programme which will include our home-grown public
primary school feeding and free education for science,
technology and education students in our tertiary
institutions.”
“Indeed, this will mark a historic milestone for us as a
nation,” he said.
