REBELS TO WITHDRAW FROM KEY DR CONGO TOWN 'AFTER US REQUEST'. (PHOTO)

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 Rebels to withdraw from key DR Congo town 'after US request' The M23 rebel group has said it would withdraw from the eastern DR Congo town of Uvira at the request of the US administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda's actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to "take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept." A report by a United Nations group of experts in July said Rwanda exercised command and control over the rebels. Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Allia...

GANDUJE DIRECTS IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF NECO REGISTRATION FEES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS+WARNS PRINCIPAL AGAINST TAXING STUDENTS.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has magnanimously directed that students in public schools who failed the qualifying examination for government patronage will now be sponsored to register for the National Examination Council (NECO), even as he warned principals of secondary schools against taxing of students.
The state commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba who dropped the hint in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano, said the gesture was part of government’s efforts to support parents in the payment of examination fees of their children
He said the sum of N424, 952, 000.00 at N11, 000 per head will be spent for the total number of 38, 632 students as registration fees.
According the statement, the measure is also part of the administration’s avowed commitment to ensuring that the less-privileged enjoy better education.
The commissioner reiterated that the state government will not relent in its determination to bequeathing the best of education to its citizens at all levels.
The statement also warned principals of secondary schools to desist from taxing any students before collecting his/her examination results as it is being alleged, pointing out that the state government will soon launch an investigation to find out the veracity of the accusation.
He urged parents, guardians and care givers to join hands with the government to ensuring that their children not only get the desired education but are also inculcated with good morals for the betterment of the society.
MALAM MUHAMMAD GARBA
Hon. Commissioner, information, Youth & Culture, Kano State
April 8, 2019
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