Deputy Senate President awards scholarship to 1,000 undergraduates in Kano

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano

 

Deputy Senate President, Dr. Barau I. Jibrin, on Saturday, distributed letters of award of scholarship to 1, 000 Kano undergraduates studying various courses in different study centres of Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina state.

The Deputy Senate President was represented by the chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Senator Kawu Sumaila, who is representing Kano South Senatorial Zone at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly.

Senator Kawu Sumaila; the Minister of State for  Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Abdullahi Yusuf Ata, among other chieftains of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and academics,  who gathered at Bayero University, Kano, (BUK), for the event all hailed Dr. Barau Jibrin for his kind gesture towards the economic cum academic emancipation of the Kano youth.

Senator Kawu Sumaila, who distributed the scholarship letters, on behalf of the Deputy Senate President, also pledged to offer N20, 000 each to the 1, 000 scholarship beneficiaries, for their transport, amounting to N20 million.

According to Senator Kawu Sumaila, Dr. Barau I. Jibrin, has set the pace for socio-economic emancipation of Kano youths, and the larger, population of the state, through his various and steady empowerment programmes, being sponsored by the Barau I. Jibrin Foundation (BIJF).

He urged the beneficiaries to make adequate use of the scholarship opportunity by studying hard so as to excel in their various disciplines, become successful and useful to themselves and the society.

Senator Sumaila said Dr. Barau’s intention for the scholarship scheme, was to foster academic excellence and provide educational opportunities to deserving students from Kano State.

However, a Statement by Ismail Mudashir, Special Adviser to the Deputy  Senate President on Media and Publicity, indicated that the matriculation ceremony for the beneficiaries selected from Kano State will be held on Monday, September 22, at the Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.

Last year, the Deputy Senate President, who is also the First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, sponsored 70 students to pursue postgraduate studies in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Forensic Sciences, among others, abroad.

Similarly, 300 students have been selected to pursue postgraduate studies in six Nigerian universities: Bayero University, Kano; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; University of Ibadan; University of Lagos; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; and University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).