Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved scholarships to 37 labourers involved in the construction of resettlement houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nguro Soye village of Bama local government area of the state.
Zulum announced the scholarship during an inspection visit to the construction site.
The governor had, during interactions with the labourers, discovered that some of them had obtained Senior Secondary School Certificates and qualified for admission into higher institutions.
Zulum noted that anyone amongst them who meets admission requirement into University will be fully sponsored to pursue his educational endeavours.
“Let me know how many of you have completed secondary school and we will sponsor you to pursue undergraduate degrees at the university,” he said.
Meanwhile, Governor Zulum has assessed structures destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents at Umar Ibn Ibrahim College of Education, Science and Technology (UIICEST) in Bama.
The governor directed the Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Engr. Ibrahim Idriss, to make an in-depth assessment of damages at the staff quarters and students’ hostels of the college.
Zulum noted that rehabilitation of the destroyed facilities will pave way for students and staff to fully occupy the college, which currently operates on a skeletal basis.
