Deputy Senate President offers foreign scholarship to 70 students
The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, has offered foreign scholarship to 70 students to enable them pursue Masters degrees in Artificial intelligence and Robotics Engineering in India.
Speaking at a ceremony sending off the students on Saturday in Kano, Jibrin, who represents, Kano North at the National Assembly, pledged continue to identify and sponsor qualified students of the state for higher degrees in relevant fields of study in foreign institutions of higher learning for their growth and development.
“I will continue to identify and sponsor qualified students of the state origin for Masters degrees, irrespective of their economic, social status or political inclinations,” he said.
He urged the beneficiaries to be good Ambassadors of Kano State and Nigeria during their pursuit of knowledge in the foreign nation.
The lawmaker also urged them to study hard and justify the sponsorship for the benefits of themselves, their parents,Kano State and Nigeria.
He also advised them to focus on their studies so as to graduate in flying colours and return home to develop themselves, their home state and the nation.
“I don’t know any of you;you were selected based on merit and not any other consideration, whether political, social or economic,” he said.
In his remarks,the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Malam Abdullahi Abbas, commended Jibrin for the gesture which he said would further develop the beneficiaries for their own good,Kano State and Nigeria.
Abbas said the APC would replicate a similar programme when it captured power in the state,come 2027.
He urged the students to study hard and justify the scholarship granted them,be good Ambassadors of the state and Jibrin.
Highlights of the occasion included the presentation of a package to the students containing their travel documents, laptop computers,Hijab for the female ones among them, and a copy of the Holy Qur’an.
The students were granted the foreign scholarship by the Barau I.Jibrin Foundation.
