Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’I of Kaduna State has offered approved automatic scholarship to 78 indigenous first class students to continue with further study in any university of their choice worldwide.
El-Rufa’i who spoke at the 23rd Annual General Meeting of Zazzau Education Development Association in Zaria, said: “indigenous First Class graduates will be given automatic scholarship to study in any of the universities worldwide.”
the governor who was represented at the occasion by the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Adamu-Danfulani, said that so far, 78 indigenous first class graduates have been identified and would benefit from the automatic scholarship.
El-Rufa’i said that over N10 billion had been earmarked for renovation of 300 schools in the state in the 2016 budget even as he expressed concern over the issue of drug abuse among students, saying that the government was doing everything within its powers to address the situation.
He emphasized the need to revitalize the drug-free clubs in secondary schools in the state with a view to eradicating the ugly trend.
Earlier, the Chairman of ZEDA Board of Trustees, Professor Idris AbdulKadir had commended the association for finding him worthy of the position, promising to uphold ZEDA’s legacies, saying that it would be progressively improved upon.
ZEDA’s Central Working Committee Chairman, Dr. Alimi Bello, said the association’s N25 million model school building project was about 80 per cent completed.
Bello said the renovation of a structure to be used as a vocational centre, donated by the state government, had reached about 85 per cent completion after gulping about N3 million. [myad]
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