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Benue State Government has announced free education for pupils in all government-owned public schools from Basic One to Basic Nine.

Gov Hyacinth Alia made the declaration on Friday at the maiden Benue Basic Education Summit held at the College of Health Sciences, Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi.

He said the policy was part of his administration’s commitment to ensuring that no child of school age is denied access to education.

Gov Alia explained that the decision was aimed at supporting poor and vulnerable families while building a strong educational foundation for the state’s future leaders.

The governor highlighted steps already taken in the education sector, including the recruitment of over 9,700 teachers, regular payment of salaries, and implementation of the harmonised retirement age for teachers.

He called on parents, traditional rulers, religious leaders and other stakeholders to support the enforcement of compulsory basic education, stressing that the future of the state depends on investing in its children.

As part of efforts to tackle the challenge of out-of-school children, the governor also launched a new initiative tagged Building Rights to Access and Compulsory Education for Un-enrolled Pupils (BRACE-UP).

According to him, the project will mobilise community leaders, parents and teachers to identify out-of-school children, create flexible learning pathways and track pupils from enrolment to completion.

He pledged sustained funding and policy support in line with the Universal Basic Education framework.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/20/benue-state-announces-free-education-for-all-public-school-pupils/

This is good news.

Congrats to parents and children in benue state.

Education no be scam o! Dont allow anybody to deceive you.

They always do this when their first tenure is almost over and another election is approaching , old second term campaign trick!

They should extend it to sec

this is what i love to hear i benefitted from lagos free education. primary and secondary education is very vital

Free education is good....

Safety of lives and property is better

Nice one from the governor but those principals na werey on there own
Them go still collect small stipend in form of 'we de use am buy chalk'

Every child deserves quality education.

But terms and conditions are applied though. Abi its just free like dat!
What about other educational programs/tools that the child will encounter in school too, are they paying for those ones too!

This news is just on surface level.

Na bobo

Dem still wan bobo una papa

femi4:
They should extend it to sec

It covers from primary1 to jss3

Otti is really doing well in Benue, I hope everyone is seeing what an LP governor is doing. Na LP sure pass for 2027

Nice one. Hope the programme will not end after 2027

Na today them wake when schools even in katsina are free

While the state is lacking behind in security, no one builds a state with kidnapping and killings on a daily basis

And who will pay for it?

APC, lol.

Every year the fraudulent Benue government is announcing free education
While school fees in Benue state universities and secondary schools within Benue state is daily becoming unaffordable.
Insecurity doesn’t even allow the Tiv and Idoma people of Benue state to have a home to call their own.
Citizens have no community to call their own- how will a homeless individual go to school.
Benue have never had a fraud free leader
All Benue leadership have been ever fraudulent and cunning
Father Alia is a Fraud

No be to announce am o.

In fact I announce a corruption FREE Nigeria.

Election don reach, na launch this launch that you go dey hear just deceive the gullible ones.

DoWhatThouWilt:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/20/benue-state-announces-free-education-for-all-public-school-pupils/

Another fake announcement by A-looter Propaganda Congress, APC politicians.

How many teachers have been employed by the Reverend politician in the past three years?

Are they more than the 19,500 employed by PDP’s Makinde who doesn’t claim to be a progressive politician

What percentage of Benue primary, vocational and secondary schools are public compared with the ones that are privately owned?

Are they more than the miserable 5% in city boy’s Lagos state after 27 years of progreThief governors

anonimi:
Ratio of public to private schools in Lagos State is one to 22 ― Commissioner
September 4, 2022

The Lagos State government has said the ratio of public to private schools at both primary and secondary school levels in the state is one to 22.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the revelation in her remark at the 2022 edition of the Total School Support Seminar Exhibition (TOSSE) held at Oregun in Ikeja between Thursday and Friday.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ratio-of-public-to-private-schools-in-lagos-state-is-one-to-22-%E2%80%95-commissioner/

Actually, education is free in all public primary schools in Nigeria. Many people are not aware of this fact. Yes in all 36 states of Nigeria. Over 44 million children.

https://ubec.gov.ng/about-us/

Compensation for the innocent blood, kudos to the gov.

May God continue to bless those leaders who invest in the right things. Education and Healthcare is paramount.

DoWhatThouWilt:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2026/02/20/benue-state-announces-free-education-for-all-public-school-pupils/

This a good news and development, may the Lord bless the governor.

Is campaign year for our politicians so many strategies so they can manover for second term

FutureFocus:
They always do this when their first tenure is almost over and another election is approaching , old second term campaign trick!

I wonder in this time and age.

Same gimmicks and the same tricks.

I no dey understand rev father, is it when his tenure about to end that he suddenly remembered he wants to give free education?

Obafemi Awolowo started this with all SW States……

Reason for why Sw ppl are prominent in Academia.

Free school, then half ways, they will start owing teachers salaries that they are not generating enough money to pay them..

That man who called himself a Rev. Fr is just fooling the whole of benue people....

What has he done in terms of security to drive in foreign investors to invest and generate an IGR in the state..

Wow ! Very good one from Benue state Government. Next in line is to tackle insecurity and unemployment