The Deputy Director, Ministry of Education, Kano State, Mr Musa Gambo has disclosed that 100 indigent students have been awarded scholarship by the state government to study first degree programmes at the Bell University, Ota, Ogun.
According to him, the scholarship is estimated to cost the state government N120 million annually.
He emphasized that the scholarship is based on merit, because various universities were invited to conduct test for the students and only those that passed the test were given the scholarship.
He stated that the scholarship becomes imperative because all the institutions in the state cannot absorb all the students seeking admission.
He added that the government had undergraduate students in other three private universities: Crescent University, Ogun; American University of Nigeria, Yola, and Igbinedion University, Benin City, Edo.
“The undergraduate students in all the four private universities were performing up to expectation of the Kano State Government because they are one of the best students in their various departments,” he said.
He also mentioned that the state government is making efforts to enlighten the students on the need to shun joining the insurgent group, Boko Haram.
“An educated person will be difficult to be convinced to join Boko Haram, because he or she is enlightened to know what is wrong and what is right,” the director asserted.
