A former member of the House of Representatives and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, Shehu ABG , has sponsored 3,000 indigent students to sit the 2026 examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The intervention, which cuts across the 23 local government areas of the state, covers the full cost of registration for each beneficiary. The initiative is being implemented through the Shehu ABG Foundation and is targeted at candidates from low-income families who might otherwise be unable to afford the examination fees. Speaking during an inspection of designated registration centres in Kaduna on Friday, ABG said the programme was conceived as a response to the increasing number of qualified students missing out on tertiary education oppo...