NNPP presidential candidate promises to cut off JAMB, NECO, WAEC fees
…To improve security by 400 per cent
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse
The presidential candidate of New Nigerian People Party (NNPP) Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has promised that if elected in 2023, his government will increase security personnel by 400 per cent.
He made the disclosure while speaking to journalists in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, during his campaign visit on Saturday. He said the number of all the security personnel is grossly inadequate.
Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso explained that “the number of Nigerian police, Military, Department of Security Service, Nigerian Civil and Security Defense Corps and all uniform personnel can’t man the security in Nigeria.”
According to him “considering the Nigerian population and compared with the number of security, there is no way that they (securty) can handle crime and criminal activities in the country.
“By God’s will, if I become the president, I will multiply the number of police, military, DSS, Civil Defense etc by 400 per cent,” he emphasised.
Kwankwaso noted that “our plan here is, apart from providing enough securty personnel, we’ll also provide job opportunities to the teeming populace, who are redundant youths and at the same time reduce the criminal activities by providing jobs to the youths.”
Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso also assured to introduce Community Participation Reorientation Committee (CPRC) “which is a new policy under which we will make a provision of providing some funds to every political ward to be taking care and maintaining emergency and minor problems of all public facilities in their respective domains.”
“The committee members include traditional rulers and religious leaders, as well as wealthy individuals, CBOs, second popular political party, head of the facilities eg school, hospital etc.
“We did this in Kano when I was the governor of the state and it worked perfectly and up till now, it is there, practising it.
He further promised to review the JAMB, NECO and WAEC fees, as part of his efforts to support and give opportunities to the less privileged in furthering their tertiary education.
“We will look at cancellation of the fees, and if not possible, we will consider cutting the amounts to make it affordable by majority, and the few who can not pay for would be handled and paid by the government.”
Kwankwaso added that “Nigeria has enough resources to do that and even more than that. Our target is to run a common man friendly government.”
Speaking earlier at the occasion held in Dutse, the Jigawa State NNPP gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim Ringim called on the people of Jigawa State to vote for all the party’s candidates at all levels for positive change.
He said, “The party’s manifesto contains all the needs and aspirations of the common man.”
Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim Ringim told the party supporters while speaking to them during the rally that, “We developed a blueprint where we take care of social, economic and infrastructural plans and policies to be implemented to solve the present insecurity, economic hardship and other socioeconomic challenges facing the country.”
