Senator Magnus Abe, the Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, has claimed that the state government has been secretive with the budget of the state in the past eight years.

DAILY TRUST reports that he made this claim while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics.

He said: “It is very very difficult for one to put numbers to these challenges because, at present, the numbers are just not visible.Information Guide Nigeria

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“In this state, we don’t see the budget in the last eight years. So, nobody knows what is being proposed for education.

“So, nobody can actually discuss either to increase it or reduce. We can’t tell what is going in or what is coming out, what is being expected.NYSC Portal

“That will be the very place to start, by opening up the finances of the state so that everybody has an idea of exactly what is going where.”

“Public education is non-functional. Public schools have been overgrown by grasses. We need to focus on the quality of education; the curriculum and teachers.

“Our education system needs a total makeover. Almost all the graduates we are producing can’t find a job,” he added.

Senator Magnus Abe promised to provide support for students at higher institutions in form of grants, loans and bursaries.

He added, “education can be free for the pupils, it can be free for the students but it can not be free for the society.JAMB Result

“There is a cost and we have to actually determine what that cost would be and be prepared to pay it.”

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