The Kano State Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna has sponsored the payment of registration fees for 100 indigent final-year female students studying at Bayero University Kano, amounting to a total of N11,827,000.
In a letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the university, signed by two representatives of Mr. Gawuna who preferred to remain anonymous, the sponsorship of these 100 students aims to assist those who couldn’t afford to pay their registration fees this academic year.
It stated, “we are Solicitors to H.E. Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, the former Deputy Governor of Kano State, herein referred to as “Our Client” on whose specific instruction and behalf we write this letter.
“Based on the list of one hundred final year female students selected by you, we are by this letter forwarding two cheques in the sum of 6,000,000 and 5,827,000 respectively, for the payment of registration fees for final students who have not been able to pay their registration fees this year.
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“Our client has instructed us to request you to kindly extend his goodwill message to the selected students and request them to work hard and come out with good results.”
These beneficiary students were drawn from over 30 courses at levels four, five, and six, as indicated in the list obtained by reporters.
The sponsorship initiative comes at a time when the State Government had previously considered covering the registration fees for 7,000 indigent students with a budget of N700 million at the same University.
Additionally, several other philanthropists have stepped forward to support the educational endeavors of students at Bayero University Kano.
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Recently, Senator Barau Jibrin, the Deputy President of the Senate, provided scholarships to 628 students from his Kano North Senatorial District, each receiving N50,000.
Likewise, Senator Sulaiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila offered N153 million in scholarships to 100 less privileged constituents pursuing nursing and other health-related courses. These beneficiaries were selected from 171 wards across the 16 local governments of his senatorial district.