Governor Sule Flags Off Disbursement Of N592m Bursary To 16,000 Students

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule connected Thursday, flagged disconnected the disbursement of the bursary allowances to students from the authorities studying successful assorted higher institutions of learning crossed the country.

Speaking during the ceremonial successful Akwanga town, office of Akwanga section authorities country of the state, the politician said the assistance covers 2023/2024 league with N592 cardinal earmarked for 16,756 students for the period.

According to him, the medication has been mindful of the information that acquisition is simply a panacea for socio-economic development, noting that „it is for this crushed that since we assumed office, we person continued to accord precedence attraction to the acquisition sector, done the allocation of highest percent successful our yearly Budget.“

He noted that the regular grant of assistance and disbursement of bursary allowances,  is portion of the administration‘s committedness to acquisition improvement successful the state.

He explained that the motion is simply a deliberate effort to easiness fiscal load connected the parents and assistance those who are successful dire request of enactment successful their assorted fields of studies.

Governor Sule said the medication has been accordant successful gathering its obligations to deserving students since presumption of office, adjacent arsenic helium revealed that successful the 2022/2023 exercise, implicit 11, 000 students benefited from the bursary allowance.

„This is realizing that proviso of assistance is geared towards complementing the fiscal presumption and to motivate our students towards the attainment of their acquisition pursuit.  This is wherefore Government considers it imperative to o.k. erstwhile again the disbursement of the bursary allowances to our students successful bid to marque the realization of their acquisition ambition achievable for self-actualization.

„Beyond the accepted bursary disbursement, this Administration since our presumption of Office, has continued to sponsor immoderate indigenes of Nasarawa State to survey extracurricular the state based connected captious areas of need.  Just recently, we awarded assistance to 50 (50) indigenes of Nasarawa State to survey Nursing and Midwifery astatine Flagship College of Science, Bichi, Kano State. This is to span the spread of indigenous Nursing unit successful our wellness sector. We person besides sponsored implicit Three Hundred (300) students successful Law School and astir Fifty-one (51) French Students.

„Similarly, I americium blessed to pass you that we person conscionable approved the sponsorship of 10 (10) indigenes of Nasarawa State to survey assorted courses astatine the Azman University, Kano. We besides approved the sponsorship of 15 (15) indigenes of the State to survey astatine the Mewar International University, Masaka, Karu Local Government Area.  This is successful our committedness to supply much entree to prime acquisition for our children successful the State,“ helium further disclosed.

He commended the enactment of the assistance committee for ensuring accountability successful the absorption of resources accruing to it for the outgo of assistance and bursary to students.

He peculiarly lauded the enforcement secretary, Hajia Sa’Adatu Yahaya, for returning unspent funds to the authorities government‘s coffers.

„Let me, truthful commend the Executive Secretary of the Board for exhibiting enactment quality, which demonstrates her knowing of the rule of our Administration anchored connected transparency, accountability and prudent absorption of nationalist resources. I complaint different Public Office Holders to emulate this civilization successful our corporate committedness to supply purposeful enactment to our people,“ helium stressed.

He urged the absorption to unrecorded supra committee and beryllium acceptable to perceive to the plights of the beneficiaries, erstwhile necessary.

He besides urged the beneficiaries to marque judicious usage of the allowances to enactment their acquisition pursuit for the betterment of the society.

In her remarks earlier, the enforcement secretary, appreciated the politician for the punctual merchandise of assistance and bursary allowances to deserving students successful the state.

Shedding airy connected the process that culminated successful the existent disbursement, she revealed that retired of the 25,000 students that applied for the bursary, 17,762  were shortlisted aft an online screening exercise.

She added that the committee besides conducted carnal verification pursuing support of the fig of beneficiaries by the authorities government.

She noted that aft the carnal verification, the committee discovered that 2006 applicants were nary longer students thereby delisting the number, bringing the fig to 16,756.

„We, therefore, refunded the wealth meant for these ineligible students to the authorities government,” she said.