The Principal of St Augustine College, Kabba, Mr Emmanuel Abolusoro on Friday barred a member of the National Assembly representing Yagba Federal
Abejide, who has been paying WAEC fees of students in Yagba Federal Constituency in the last five years, decided to extend the good gestures to other federal constituencies in the Kogi West senatorial district.
However, when it was the turn of St Augustine College, Kabba, the House of Representative member who is seeking a second term under the platform of ADC along with his long convoy was told point-blank by the Principal that ‘an order from above’ said the students must not come out to receive the already prepared cheques.
He said the money allocated for the WAEC payment was his personal funds and not that of the government which he said was aimed to cushion the plights of parents and students and not aimed at scoring cheap publicity saying he has been doing this long before he became a lawmaker. The president of Kabba Development Union, Emmanuel Ajibero who described Abejide’s gesture as novel and encouraging said the WAEC payment will indeed help many of the students especially the indigent to concentrate more on their studies while it will serve as a great relief to parents.
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