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Senate considers increased funding for unity colleges, armed forces schools as bill passes second reading
A bill that could bring direct government investment into federal unity colleges and armed forces senior secondary schools has cleared its second reading in the Nigerian Senate.
The proposed amendments are designed to single out these institutions specifically, targeting their infrastructure gaps and learning-resource shortfalls rather than folding them into broader education spending.
If passed, the legislation would mark a deliberate shift toward addressing the very schools that generations of Nigerians have looked to as a standard of federal education. Whether the funding actually follows is the question worth watching.
Originally published by Premium Times.