The former governor of Lagos State and presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has recounted his unheard feat in the education sector of the Lagos State during his governorship administration.
Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is currently preparing to sit on the elevated seat of the Nigerian president, recalled how he visited his late mother after his inauguration as the Lagos State governor. He said his encounter in the said visit remains memorable experience to him.
According to him, when he visited his late mother, he met many unhappy faces at her apartment lawn waiting to meet her for a collective issue he was not aware of this until his mother told him. He said upon inquiring from his mother the reason behind the too many unhappy faces waiting to see her, she revealed that they had come to seek her assistance in paying their children's fees that will enable them sit for the National Examination for the senior secondary students.
According to him, he left the premises and then tabled the matter before the members of his cabinet who then resolved that National Examination fees for students across public secondary schools in Lagos be paid by the state government.
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In his words: Some months after I was sworn in as the governor of Lagos state, I went to see Alhaja (My mum), on getting there, I met some people praying for her while some are still waiting to see her, I asked her what was happening? She said "They are all here because they want me to help them pay the NECO fees of their children in SS3". I left her place saddened that evening. The following day, I met with my cabinet members and after that, we made a pronouncement that the state government will be paying the NECO fees of all SS3 students in Lagos state public schools irrespective of their tribes and that stands till today"
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