The Ekiti State Government has distributed no fewer than 2,000 free
Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms to vulnerable but
qualified students and out of school youths across the 16 Local
Government areas of the state.
The First Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, while flagging-off
the distribution of the forms to the beneficiaries in Ado-Ekiti, said
that government would be relentless at ensuring that vulnerable
students are encouraged in the state.
Erelu Fayemi, in her remarks at the distribution venue, said that the
present administration would continue to prioritise the education of
Ekiti youths for National Development.
“The beneficiaries were chosen, having obtained a minimum of six
credit passes in either West African Examinations Council (WAEC) or
National Examinations Council of Nigeria (NECO) at one sitting”, she
said.
She assured that the Fayemi administration would leave no stone
unturned in preparing the future leaders of Ekiti with requisite
qualification to enable them improve on the solid foundation being
laid by the present government.
“N14 million had been committed to purchase the 2020 JAMB Pins as well
as creation of profile, provision of E-Training, JAMB online
registration and thumb printing exercise at no cost to the candidates.
“I urge you beneficiaries to reciprocate the gesture by being
committed to your studies and make sure you pass your JAMB
examination. You should also desist from any act capable of truncating
your future,” she advised.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Education, Science and
Technology, Mr. Foluso Daramola, said the distribution of the free
JAMB forms to qualified youths was a demonstration of the importance
the Fayemi-led government attached to education and youths development
in the state.
