Leke Agbejide, the founder of Leke Agbejide Foundation, says he has settled the West African Examination Council, WAEC fees of 2000 senior secondary school students in Yagba Federal Constituency, Kogi State.
Speaking to journalists in Kano on Friday, Mr Agbejide, who also hails from the Yagba constituency, said the gesture was aimed at boosting education in his area and the nation at large.
Mr Agbejide, however, lamented that non-payment of salaries to civil servants as at when due was the reason parents could not settle the WAEC fees for their children.
According to the Kano-based philanthropist, as soon as he became aware of the problem, his foundation keyed in and paid the WAEC fees of over 2000 students in the constituency.
He maintained that providing sound and quality education, especially to the less-privileged was the solution to all socioeconomic challenges in a society.
The philanthropist, however, urged the general public to use all possible avenues to ensure they vote credible leaders in the forthcoming 2019 general elections.
He also urged youth in his federal constituency and other parts of the country to shun drug abuse, vote-selling and political thuggery.
Mr Agbejide, therefore, commended President Mohammadu Buhari for his efforts at restoring the country’s lost glory through corruption fighting and revival of the nation’s agricultural sector and economy.