41 BILLION NAIRA UBEC FUND: ACCORD PARTY DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, SIR KENNETH IFEATU OBI FULMINATES.

…Berates Apga Government for not accessing UBEC Fund.

…Accord Party to revitalize Anambra Education Sector.

by T. C Nwachukwu

Sir. Kenneth Ifeatu Obi, the Deputy Governorship candidate of Accord Party and the running mate to Dr. Godwin Maduka has fulminated against the failure of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) led Government to access Anambra’s billions of Naira of Universal Basic Education Fund (UBEC Fund).

The Accord Party (AP) Deputy Governorship candidate expressed his dismay while reacting to the shocking revelation made by the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Hamid Boboyyi.

Boboyyi had revealed that over N41.06 billion UBEC matching grants is lying un-accessed by the Anambra State Government since 2017 till date, despite the poor state of many primary schools across the country.

The UBEC Executive Secretary, Mr Boboyyi disclosed this in Abuja, while presenting the 2020 Capital Budget Performance to the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education.

Sir Kenneth Ifeatu Obi, while addressing a cross section of Ndi Anambra in Awka who visited him assured that the blueprint of Accord Party (AP) for the Educational sector will pitch Anambra children to compete favorably with their counter part across the globe.

He Director in Oasis Medical UK and Athantic Oil Services UK, stated that at a time when artificial intelligence and robotic technology has swept across the Western World, Anambra children cannot be left behind.

Sir Ifeatu described the unassessed UBEC Fund as “sad”.

He reiterated the commitment of Dr Maduka to elevate the educational sector by increasing the Educational budget to the UNESCO benchmark.

Sir Kenneth Ifeatu Obi urged Ndi Anambra to vote in the AP in the Forthcoming November 6th general election as Dr. Godwin Maduka through the Party is poised to replicate the umuchukwu magic wand across the State.