Senator Nnamani Pays WASCE Fees for 3,991 Female Students in Enugu

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, has offset the June 2020 West African School Certificate (WASCE) fees of 3,991 female students in Enugu State.

Nnamani, a former Governor of Enugu State, in a statement on Sunday, said he paid the WASCE registration fees for all the female students in public secondary schools in his senatorial district, Enugu East, as part of his responsibility to his teeming constituents.

According to him, a total of 3,991 female students in the 68 public secondary schools in Enugu East senatorial zone are billed to take the May/June 2020 WAEC examinations.

The chairman of the Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD confirmed that bank drafts had been raised in favour of WAEC for each of the 68 benefiting secondary schools in his constituency.

He said the 68 bank drafts for the schools had been submitted to the Enugu zonal office of WAEC with the Zonal Coordinator, Mrs. C.O. Agwu, giving a directive for the generation of pins for the enlisted candidates.

The gesture, Nnamani stated, was in fulfillment of his promise made last October during the commemoration of the 2019 International Day for the Girl Child to promote education for women especially the indigent ones.

"This gesture is part of my resolve to impact positively on my constituents through education and empowerment programmes,” Nnamani stated.

One of the principals of the benefiting schools, Mrs. Emmelda Nwachukwu of the Special Science Girls Secondary School in Agbani, near Enugu, expressed gratitude to the Senator for his benevolence.

She urged other well-meaning individuals and organisations to identify with the education of the girl-child in the country, pointing out that “when you educate the woman, you educate the nation.”