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Reps to make B.Sc, HND minimum qualifications for offices of president, govs On …Enact laws to enable citizens sue govt for lack of security, good roads, healthcare system, education, others By Levinus Nwabughiogu For purposes of proper governance, the House of Representatives is on the verge of enacting a law that would make first degrees in the form of Bachelors of Science/Art, B.SC/B.A or Higher National Diploma, HND, minimum qualifications for election into the offices of Nigeria’s President and governors. The House is also seeking to make a law that would make justiciable, lack of s...

Reps to make B.SC, HND minimum qualifications for offices of president, governors On Kindly Share This Story: …enact laws to enable citizens to sue govt for lack of security, good roads, healthcare system, education, others By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja For purposes of proper governance, the House of Representatives is on the verge of enacting a law that would make first degrees in the form of Bachelors of Science/Art, B.SC/B.A or Higher National Diploma, HND minimum qualifications for election into the offices of Nigeria’s President and Governors. The House is also seeking to make a law ...

Share Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education, Professor Julius Ihonvbere has assured Nigerians that the House would not delay the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act Amendment Bill unnecessarily. The bill which is currently at the committee stage is seeking an extension of free and compulsory education from nine to 12 years to cover senior secondary school. It is also seeking an increase in basic education funding and promotion of gender-responsive learning, among others. Professor Ihonvbere gave the assurance at a recent meeting with a delegation of the #AmendUBEAct ...

By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives has hinted at a plan to amend the UBE Act (2004) and accommodate free education for the girl child to the senior secondary school level. The House made the via its Committees on Women in Parliament and Universal Basic Education (UBE) in a meeting with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) and the Malala Fund on Monday in Abuja The meeting was part of the activities to mark the 2021 International Women’s Day titled “Choose to Challenge.” Chairman, House Committee on Women in Parliament, Rep. Taiwo Oluga who made the disclosure o...

In this second report on the situation of public schools  in the state, Aladire Shukurat Saka reports that the schools are neglected by the government.  At Pakata Junior Secondary School in Ilorin West Local Government of Kwara State, the students are suffering. They either bring chairs from home or sit on the dusty floor of the classrooms in 3 blocks of 12 classrooms. The students who bring their own desks and chairs face other hurdles: rain leaks from the perforated roof and blackboards are shabby. The classes are without doors and  windows as harmattan blows in dusty dry wind. There is ...