Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani has cleared all outstanding tuition fees amounting to $247,235.84 (N407,937,750) owed to foreign universities by students sponsored by the state government to study abroad.
The Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board, Professor Yahya Ibrahim who disclosed this, explained that the beneficiaries included those who studied Medicine and Nursing and were left stranded abroad by the previous administration.
Prof. Ibrahim who disclosed this on Saturday, said the stranded students included those who were ‘’unable to graduate, renew visas, or access their academic records.’’
Giving a breakdown of the settled tuition fees, Ibrahim stated that University of Debrecen, Hungary was paid $51,400.00, which is equivalent to N84,810,000.00.
He further disclosed that the Dubai-based University of Wollongong was paid $13,827.08, amounting to N22,814,550.00.
Prof. Ibrahim added that the Medical University of Havana got $164,010.00, which was equivalent to N270, 616, 500.00 while Kampala International University (KIU) and Islamic University In Uganda (IUIU), Uganda received $17, 998.00 or N29,696,700.00.
