By Ayodele Oni
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has approved the release of N585 million for the payment of tuition fees of 100 State indigenes studying in various universities in India.
The State Commissioner for Higher Education, Isa Abubakar-Tunga disclosed this while briefing Journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Monday.
He said: “The Kebbi State Government under the able leadership of His Excellency, Comrade Dr Nasir Idris, the Education Promoter, has approved and released N585,416,690:00 for the payment of Tuition Fees of 100 students indigenes of Kebbi State studying in various universities in India.
“The Ministry of Higher Education remains indebted to His Excellency. No doubt, the Governor’s efforts towards promoting academic and moral excellence in the tertiary education shall go into the annals of history.”
The commissioner appealed to the entire citizens of Kebbi State to consistently pray for the continued success of the present administration under the good leadership of the governor.
The state government had last year announced intervention in the plight of some Indigenes of the state studying in various universities abroad.
Some of them, according to report were on the verge of being sent back home due to inability to pay their tuition fees and take care of themselves.
The government thereafter constituted a committee to take census of those affected and the cost implication.
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