Mr. Donald Duke, the Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), promised free tuition in primary, secondary and tertiary educational in the country, if elected president in 2019.

Duke, represented by Mr Precious Elekima, the Governorship candidate of the party in Rivers, made the promise on Monday in Port Harcourt, at the flag-off of the party’s campaign for 2019 polls in Rivers.

“Today I am representing our presidential candidate to pass his message to Nigerians and to the people of Rivers State in particular.

“His Excellency, Donald Duke, says that everyone matters. You deserve the best in this country. He says that his administration will bridge the gap between the poor and the rich in the country.

“Our administration will bridge the gap between the rich and the poor by offering free tuition in all levels of education – from primary to tertiary.

“We will revisit the handover of schools to missionaries with a view to working out an agreeable partnership, taking into consideration the interest of the public, the missions and the communities.

“Undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships home and abroad will be offered. Board of governors will be inaugurated for all public primary and secondary schools in Rivers state.

“We will extend the civil servants retirement age to 45 years of service or 70 years of age mandatory; retirement after 35 years of service or 60 years of age will be optional.

“This is because if lecturers and judges can work up till 70 years, I am sure civil servants can also work till that age.

“Our pensioners will be on first priority and must be paid first before anyone in the state,” he said.

He called on Rivers people and Nigerians to vote for the party because its leader feared God and loved mankind, adding that the SDP would win the Rivers and presidential polls in 2019.

Source: https://www.businessdayonline.com/politics/article/2019-donald-duke-promises-free-tuition-levels-education/

This is what I hate with our politicians, Dem go think say we no dey grow.

Na so some people promise __million jobs if elected.

BTW, how many people you Don help pay tuition this year

Lol how does he plan on paying for this? First as president you need to adequately fund universities. Then stop senate from trying to make a new one every afternoon without addressing funding. After that we can discuss free tuition.

There civil service reform will bite them if the dont have a plan on how they're going to fund these guys. After you work so many years they going to have above average salaries. They should do the math before making these moves.

When yu get there naw ,yu go dey blame jonathan

When he was the Governor of cross river state, did the indigenes of cross river state paid school fees or not?

And how is he going to fund this free education? I prefer Nigerians getting free and quality education from creche to SS3.
When you get there now, you will start blaming GEj and PMB, though he won't win a single LG during the election.

Fake promises everywhere without a clear basis on how it will be implemented. He was the governor of Cross River state for 8 years, how many kids was he able to give free education? These people should know that Nigerians are wiser

Lol
I went to a Federal Government College, Tuition was free
I went to a Federal University, tuition was also free. What's he talking about? Will he force private schools to run tuition free?

Bump

Will you just shut up there Donald....

Ohhh Lord. Fraud alert!!!