Dr. Sa’id Ahmad Dukawa, a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Bayero University Kano (BUK), has stated that only children of elites can access the federal government’s student loan.
The public affairs analyst made the remark on Friday while speaking to journalists at an event organised by FRAME Democracy Team, an initiative by Gatefield Impact, to promote public discourse about the state of democracy in Nigeria at BUK.
He said, “The challenges are that those who were youths and had the opportunity to occupy positions of authority have changed their behaviour and now constitute a roadblock to the present youths.
“They are the ones who block all chances for youths, including scholarship awards. All of them were beneficiaries of public scholarships, but now they have introduced strict conditions for student loans, which only the children of elites can fulfill. This means the majority of the masses will have their children roaming the streets without access to education.”
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He also charged Nigerian youths to be honest and have a progressive mindset, willing to correct wrongs even when they attain positions of authority.
The programme, which was organised to celebrate 25 years of Nigerian democracy, discussed the importance of democracy and the concerning authoritarian trends in the country.
Earlier, Mahmud Jafar, FRAME Democracy Programme Manager, opened the forum by reflecting on Nigeria’s democratic journey over the past 25 years.
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