The Federal Government, yesterday, informed that it was working out
modalities to ensure that all Nigerian students who desire to travel by
air get 50 percent reduction in flight ticket.
Announcing this
while inaugurating the Students’ Union Government of the University of
Abuja, at its Mini Campus in Gwagwalada, the Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Youth and Student Matters, Comr. Jude Imagwe said the
initiative was part of the government’s efforts to make live meaningful
for students.
He explained that government would partner with all
airline operators in the country to consider any identified student, who
chooses to board their plane by not collecting the same amount
collected from the working class. The presidential aide, who
assured on the possibility of the idea tagged; ‘I Fly Student’ in the
country, was optimistic that if the idea could work in Ghana, “it will
also work in Nigeria.”
Imagwe
maintained that the on-going transformation in youth development sector
of the present administration was more than a mere political rhetoric
and superficial, calling on other tiers of government, as well as policy
makers to ensure realization of all efforts geared towards youth and
women empowerment.
“There should be genuine efforts on the part of
policy makers to promote equitable growth, generate employment, raise
incomes, improve agricultural production, promote and expand informal
sector livelihood,” he charged.
In his remarks, the SUG President,
Comr. Olajengbesi Pelumi said it would be a thing of joy for all
students in the country, if the government and the people of Nigeria
could use all the zeal and courage demonstrated in tackling Ebola Virus
Disease in the country to solve problems bedeviling the education
sector.
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