National Senior Secondary Education Act: Commission lauds President Buhari

The Chairman, Governing Board of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), Nimota Akanbi, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the National Senior Secondary Education Act signposted his commitment to advancing the education sector in the country.

Akanbi also described the presidential signature on the legal framework as a milestone that would project education, especially the senior secondary education sub-sector to an advanced stage.

She said this in a statement following President Buhari’s assent to the National Senior Secondary Education Act, which the National Assembly passed recently.

It would be recalled that the Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, had via his official Twitter handle, disclosed that Buhari appended his signature on eight bills

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Akanbi pledged that the commission under her leadership would do its best to ensure that the goal of setting up the commission was realized.

She thanked the National Assembly for its promptness and importance attached to the bill before it scaled through the legislative processes.

“Passing the bill is an indication of Mr President’s commitment to advancing education in the country. Also, we want to recognize the efforts and push by the Minister of Education to resuscitate the act of 1999 to 2024 and the resilience and determination of the National Assembly to pass the bill. 

“This is indeed a milestone that will project education, especially senior secondary education in the country to an advanced stage. 

“We want to reassure Mr President and all the actors involved in the bill passage that we will do our best in ensuring that this lofty objective will not go in vain. It will get the best results it deserves,“ Akanbi added.

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