In fulfillment of his promise to sponsor students for foreign undergraduate scholarship, Governor Bello Matawalle has today flagged off the commencement of the scholarship offered for the 200 screened students the first batch of which will take off on Monday 2nd December, 2019.
Governor Bello Matawalle who was ably represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Bala Bello Maru, congratulated beneficiaries of the sponsorship under his administration's Foreign Scholarship Scheme. He disclosed that the scholarship will cover various academic programmes in the fields of science and engineering in different countries. This includes thirty (30) students who will study in India, fifty (50) in Sudan, another fifty (50) in China, and Seventy (70) in Cyprus. In his words "These awards recognize the candidate's potential to contribute to the development of their communities in the near future."
Earlier, the Special Adviser to the Governor, on Scholarship Matters, Luqman Majidadi said that the beneficiaries were selected after several rigorous screening, interviews and other assessment process. He urged the students to be good ambassadors of the State and Nigeria while in their respective institutions outside the country.
Majidadi said that the gesture is one of the policies of the present administration of Gov. Bello Matawalle on education.
“You should consider this gesture by the State Government as a great opportunity for you, you should embrace your studies with seriousness’’.
The occasion was graced by the Principal Personal Secretary Alhaji Abubakar Ja'afar, the Scholarship Programme Consultant Jazuli Musa, the party chairman ably represented by Alhaji Faruk Shattiman Rijiya, Distinguished Senator Hassan Nasiha, media personnel and other government dignitaries.
Ibrahim Bello Zauma
SSA New Media
1st Dec. 2019
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