Update on 2018 budget: Polytechnic Students Reject 7% Allocation to Education.

EDUCATION NEWS – The information have it following the presentation of the 2018 budget by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has rejected the seven per cent allocated to education.

Meanwhile the student body, however, has given the Federal Government and regulatory authorities 14 days ultimatum to revisit the budget.

A statement signed by the Public Relation Officer of the body, Ijaduoye Olasunkanmi, stated that the seven per cent allocation is a far cry to the 26 per cent recommended by the United Nations.

“The proposal presented to the National Assembly on Tuesday, the President Muhammadu Buhari allocated only 7.04 per cent of the 8.6 trillion 2018 budget to the education. The total sum allocated to the education sector is N605.8 billion with N435.1 billion for recurrent expenditure, 61.73 billion for capital expenditure and N109.06 billion for the Universal Basic Education Commission. The allocation is lower than the 7.4 per cent the government gave the education sector in the N7.4 trillion 2017 budget.

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