2027: Sowore vows to scrap WAEC, NECO fees as President

The African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has vowed to scrap the fees paid for the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the National Examination Council, NECO, if elected President.

Sowore made the vow on Monday while presenting what he described as his administration’s education blueprint for Nigeria, promising free education from nursery school to university level.

He said access to education should not depend on a family’s financial status, insisting that every Nigerian child deserves an opportunity to learn without facing economic barriers.

According to him: “Let’s use this opportunity to show you, at a glance, what our education policy will look like after 2027.

“No government under a #Sowore2027 administration will ask your child to pay WAEC, NECO, or any other public examination fee. Education will be free because knowledge is a right, not a privilege.

“Our revolutionary education policy guarantees free, high-quality education from early childhood through university, backed by modern classrooms, virtual learning, well-paid teachers, student grants, and equal opportunities for every Nigerian child.

“This is not a promise of politics. It is a revolutionary commitment to build a nation where no child’s future is determined by poverty. Read it. Share it. Debate it. Join the movement to make it a reality.”