The Gombe State Executive Council has approved the sum of N112 million for the outstanding scholarship of students who are indigenes of the state for 2016, 2017 and 2018 academic sessions.
The State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya also approved the sum of N204 million for the payment of WAEC, NBAIS and NABTEB examination fees for over thirteen thousand final year students of the state.
Speaking after the meeting, Commissioner for Information and Culture, Hon. Ibrahim Alhassan Kwami said the Council also approved the upgrading of five public schools to model institutions with one in each of the three senatorial districts and two in the state capital owing to its cosmopolitan nature.
The Information Commissioner said, “you may recall that the last administration paid only 50 per cent of the scholarship for students in 2016/2017, 2017/2018 sessions, so council now approved the payment of the balance of the 50 per cent, and going forward we will continue to pay our students their scholarship entitlements”.
This, he said, was in line with the state government's desire to reposition the education sector for optimal performance.
