Hon. Abdulraheem Olawuyi, a member of the House of Representatives, representing
Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-ero Federal Constituency of Kwara state has distributed 500 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination forms to candidates in the constituency.
Lanre Agas, a Senior Legislative Aide to Olawuyi, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
He said that the move was part of the promised made by Olawuyi to contribute his quota to the development of education in the constituency.
Agas said that the process of selecting candidate was transparent and thorough, adding that each candidate was to fill a form and present one result at a sitting.
According to him, interested candidate should have a complete result at one sitting either from the National Examination Council or the West Africa Examination Council.
He said that the lawmaker was poised to lift the standard of education in the constituency, adding that a programme tagged: “education for all indigent students” would soon be unveiled.
He said that the programme would focus mainly on students with exceptional brain but with no means of sponsorship.
Agas said that Olawuyi was passionate about the people of his constituency, especially the youth, and that there would be another empowerment to artisans who needed assistance.
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