The scheme is being promoted through the Social Welfare Department of the Social Development Secretariat.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that it will assist individuals from poor families to acquire basic, secondary and tertiary education.
The initiative is coming under its Social Welfare Tuition Scholarship Scheme, through the Social Welfare Department of the Social Development Secretariat.
According to the Head of Media and Public Relations of the Secretariat, Mr Shaka Sunday, in a statement issued on Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Abuja, the plan is aimed at removing residents’ financial hindrances to access to education.
He added: “The FCT Administration, through the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu has resolved to assist the indigent, vulnerable and willing families resident in the FCT to acquire and gain basic, secondary and tertiary Education in its Social Welfare Tuition Scholarship Scheme.
“Modalities employed to achieve above objective include, cushioning and mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parents through free enrolment, tuition fees payment and organising free lectures for NECO, WAEC, NABTEB and IJMB candidates,” he said.
Over 50 lecturers from the University of Nigeria, Abuja Alumni Chapter, have been engaged to take various classes in the programme, Sunday said, while urging interested students to visit the Social Welfare Department of the SDS located at the Arts and Culture Building, by old Post Office, Area 10 Garki, Abuja, to pick up their forms according to the category of their choice or eligibility.
He explained that for IJMB students, the FCT Administration is waiving off a huge sum of N250,000 from the tuition fees that’s about N300, 000 across other centres where IJMB is being conducted.
Going further, he added: “So, all IJMB students are expected to pay just N60,000 fees for both the (internal and external) exams as against the over N300,000 obtained elsewhere.
“Lectures for all the above mentioned examination commence on Aug 1. The lectures are to hold every Saturday and Sunday at designated centres across the six area councils with Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) having three centres in Lugbe, Karu and Jabi,” he said.
According to him, the deadline for the purchase of forms in each category is 6 p.m., Saturday, July 16.