Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the National University Commission (NUC) has been told to give university students and their counterparts in other tertiary institutions ’compulsory break’ in order to travel and exercise their franchise.

The Federal House of Representatives made the call on Thursday, while equally urging the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and the Federal Ministry of Education to heed to the call.

The Green Chamber also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make special arrangements for the students to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the polls.

CAMPUS GIST gathered that the resolutions followed the consideration of a motion at the plenary by Hon. Kabir Ibrahim, All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Kebbi state.

Ibrahim argued that there were over 2.1 million students currently studying in Nigerian universities, while over 2.4 million were students in Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Colleges of Education across the country.

https://www.campusgist.com.ng/2023/01/27/2023-universities-others-to-shut-down-to-enable-students-vote/

Lala Seun Mynd44

I agree. It’s important because the future belongs to them

Nonsense! Do you expect someone that just travelled back to A B U or BUK from kwara or osun to risk his life to travel back just for one day election because of Nigeria useless politicians?who will pay the exorbitant transport fare?do you guys think every students are schooling in their state or region? So I will waste 24k transpor fare and risk my life on Nigeria road just for one day election?some of you no dey think at all,some parents struggle before they could get t fare for their children to go bk to sch,do you expect them to go and borrow another t fare just for one day election plus the risk on the road?

Ruggedniggaone:
Nonsense! Do you expect someone that just travelled back to A B U or BUK from kwara or osun to risk his life to travel back just for one day election because of Nigeria useless politicians?who will pay the exorbitant transport fare?do you guys think every students are schooling in their state or region? So I will waste 24k transpor fare and risk my life on Nigeria road just for one day election?some of you no dey think at all,some parents struggle before they could get t fare for their children to go bk to sch,do you expect them to go and borrow another t fare just for one day election plus the risk on the road?

It's a choice there are obidients people who would do that ...we are working on providing free transportation Also


Ask Nigeria if traveling to go and vote would reverse buhari 8 years and take things back to 2015 they won't gladly do it .....the next 8 years has to be good honestly

Ruggedniggaone:
Nonsense! Do you expect someone that just travelled back to A B U or BUK from kwara or osun to risk his life to travel back just for one day election because of Nigeria useless politicians?who will pay the exorbitant transport fare?do you guys think every students are schooling in their state or region? So I will waste 24k transpor fare and risk my life on Nigeria road just for one day election?some of you no dey think at all,some parents struggle before they could get t fare for their children to go bk to sch,do you expect them to go and borrow another t fare just for one day election plus the risk on the road?

It's your choice. Not everyone need to travel far. Some persons live in the same state they school

See how you are talking about risking ur life, that is exactly what it has become due to bad leadership. If students who know a lot more than all these illiterates refuse to vote and influence their illiterate family members, then politicians will just come and deceive them. How can we exempt out youthful educated population from a matter as serious as electing the country's next president?

I love travelling on road so so much but today it has become undesirable because of insecurity.
Without good governance those students will still graduate and become frustrated and jobless.

Una dey find more kidnapped victims bah..

Looking for students to entice, with money and fake promises only to go back to the House/Senate to further there selfish acts..

Another blow for tinubu, the youths are trooping for peter obi... BAT has finally realised that he’s not Buhari’s choice.

Lala Seun Mynd44