Sokoto State is to sponsor 100 students to the Canadian University in Dubai for various degree programmes. Following Governor Aliyu Wamakko's one-week visit to Dubai, officials of the varsity are expected in the state in the next two weeks.
Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Malam Sani Umar, in a statement said that the officials would conclude arrangements for the admission..
According to the statement, Wamakko also attended a 3-day International Conference on Arabic Language which took place between 7th and 10th May 2013 on the invitation of the Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashid.
Newsmen recalls that 150 students, on May 12 left Sokoto for Master's degrees courses in Educational Management at the International Islamic University, Mbale -Uganda.
