The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the release of about One Billion Naira (N1bn) for the payment of registration fees and upkeep allowances to some indigent students.
The Permanent Secretary, Sokoto State Scholarship Board, Alhaji Bello Isa, who made the disclosure while speaking to Daily Trust in Sokoto, said the beneficiaries comprised students sponsored by government within and outside the Country.
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Isah explained that a sum of N188.5m was for the payment of registration fees to 5,643 for both fresh and regular students at Sokoto State University (SSU) and N312.9m for 7,096 students at Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS).
He added that $89100 and £15,000 as tuition fees and upkeep allowances to some regular students at various institutions in London, Canada and other countries across the World.
The permanent secretary further stated that a sum of $570 ,000 equivalent to N342,000 138 is for the payment of tuition fees and upkeep allowances for both regular and fresh students studying various medical courses in the Republic of Sudan.
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He said governor Tambuwal had also approved for the redeployment of the evacuated Ukraine students to other countries to continue with their studies.
He stated that some government officials would soon leave Nigeria on facility tour to Sudan, Egypt and Turkey in order to ascertain the best institutions for the re-deployment of the affected students.
Bello Isah said the Governor has approved the payment of some sponsored continuing students studying Medicine in Sudan, nursing at American university in Niger Republic and computer engineering at international University Cyprous.
He also disclosed that three state indigenes were sponsored to study two-year standard pilot course at International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara state, noting that government has approved a sum of N42.1m as their tuition and upkeep allowances.
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