‘Why wait for public outrage?’ — Atiku reacts to WAEC, NECO fee reversal

Presidential campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed the Federal Government’s determination to suspend the projected summation successful WAEC and NECO registration fees, saying the determination followed wide nationalist absorption to the projected interest increase.

The presumption was contained successful a connection posted connected Atiku’s authoritative leafage connected July 13, 2026.

According to Atiku, the suspension followed wide disapproval of the projected interest summation by parents, students, civilian nine organisations and different stakeholders.

He argued that the projected summation would person placed an further fiscal load connected families and constricted entree to acquisition for galore Nigerian children.

“I invited the Federal Government’s determination to suspend the projected summation successful WAEC and NECO registration fees. This reversal is simply a triumph for the Nigerian people.”

“This determination vindicates the concerns I expressed erstwhile I warned that pricing nationalist examinations beyond the scope of mean Nigerians would deepen acquisition inequality, worsen the out-of-school children crisis, and contradict countless superb but indigent students the accidental to pursue...