The Nasarawa State Government has commenced the disbursement of bursary allowance for the 2020/21 academic session for indigent students of the state studying in various institutions of higher learning across the country.
The state governor flagged- off the disbursement of the scholarship allowances at a ceremony at the College of Education (COE) Akwanga recently.
Engineer Abdullahi Sule directed the state scholarship board, to collaborate with other organisations both within and outside the country, including ministries, departments and agencies , to access scholarship opportunities for Nasarawa State students studying particularly science and technology.
He announced the upward review of the scholarship allowances, with indigenes of the state studying at the various law schools, will now receive N300, 000 instead of the previous N100, 000.while physically challenged students who are receiving N30,000 instead of N20, 000, is also applicable to other category of students will get N20, 000 instead of N10, 000.
Some of the students currently undergoing their studies outside the country include: Peace Josea, medicine (Philippines), Zulaihat Doma, nursing (India), Nuhu Abdulhaq Isa, biomedical engineering (Cyprus) and Hajara Abdullahi Ahmed, pilot (Turkey), amongst several others.
He tasked scholarship board to seek for other means to compliment the effort of his administration as it is becoming glaring that government along cannot be able to shoulder the burden of the scholarship award because of the increasing number of Nasarawa indigene students.
The governor, Abdullahi Sule, equally announced new measures put in place, involving the use of bank cards to directly transfer to benefiting students, to curb arbitrary deductions.
“Scholarship allowance is an incentive provided to the students to compliment their financial status and motivate them towards the attainment of their educational pursuit,” the governor declared.
He reiterated the commitment of his administration to continue to prioritise the education sector in the state, based on the conviction that, building sound and quality education enhances socioeconomic development of any society.
