The Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has paid N18 billion in scholarships for a number of Kano students studying abroad.
The state Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who made the disclosure on Monday during an interactive conference with Journalists, said that most of the affected students were based in France, Cyprus, and Egypt.
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The previous government sent students abroad on courses that are available, and cheaper here”.
He added that the state government has no quarrel with those on specialised courses that are not available here adding that it is out of place to sponsor a set of students to read History abroad.
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Garba emphasised that “From whatever prism you choose to evaluate the Nigerian University, its standard is higher and acknowledged globally.”
“We have no quarrel if you sponsored students to read aeronautical engineering, and other related specialised science courses abroad, but certainly not acceptable if you take them to read Computer science or History when such courses are available here.”
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The commissioner disclosed that he was at the head of the visit to Cyprus recently where they successfully negotiated €5m scholarship bill to €1.5m.
He revealed, “We went to Cyprus, profile their file, negotiate the fee, from €5 million to €1.5 million. We agreed on installments payment, and so far we have paid €600 million.”
