Atiku, Obi excited as FG suspends planned increase in WAEC, NECO registration fees

•Nigeria not a lab for policy experiments — Atiku •Suspension of hike in fees, victory for the people — Peter Obi By Joseph Erunke, Omeiza Ajayi & Elizabeth Osayande Former Vice President and presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, and his Nigeria Democratic Congress, ADC, counterpart, Peter Obi, in the 2027 elections yesterday, expressed excitement over the decision of the Federal Government to suspend the proposed review of registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, and National Examinations Council, NECO, Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE.” Obi, who stated this in a post on his official X handle where he commended the government for listening to public outcry yesterday, stressed that the focus should have been on increased investment in basic education, rather than fee increments.

In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, in Abuja, the former vice president described the reversal as a victory for millions of Nigerian parents, students, civil society organisations and citizens who refused to remain silent in the face of what he called an unjust policy.