Yobe state Governor, Dr. Mai Mala Buni has approved a grand ceremony to honour 17 year old Nafisa Abdullah and 15 year old Rukayya Muhammad Fema for emerging World best in English language skills and overall debate competitions respectively, at the 2025 TeenEagle Global Finals in London, United Kingdom.
Nafisa and Rukayya are beneficiaries of the Governor Mai Mala Buni’s scholarship programme, covering full tuition for 890 students at the Nigeria Tulip International College.
The Governor described the outstanding performances as a great honour to the state and country.
“These are great feats that make us proud and justify the government’s investment in the education sector.”
He gave assurance that his government would continue to subsidize education for every child in the state to have the opportunity to go to school, even as he appealed to parents for cooperation.
“Government has reconstructed schools destroyed by the protracted insurgency, provided furniture, books, laboratory equipment and employed more qualified teachers to improve the quality content of education in the state, and it is still a work in progress.”
A statement today, August 5, by the governor’s spokesperson, Mamman Mohammed recalled that at present, there are about 40,000 Yobe state students on government scholarship studying various courses in Universities and other tertiary institutions in Nigeria and overseas.
The statement recalled that a few months ago, the state celebrated the graduation of 167 beneficiaries of the state-funded scholarship programme who graduated in medical sciences, computer science and engineering from Indian Universities.
