84 Kano students who had been stranded in Northern Cyprus for years have been paid the outstanding tuition and fees paid by Kano State governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
After the previous administration suspended funding for their overseas scholarship program, students were languishing for years after being forced to endure academic and financial limbo as a result of the intervention.
The state paid a total of $ 2.24 billion to the Near East University in Cyprus, clearing all debts and granting certificates to the affected students, according to a statement released by Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, director general of media and publicity to the governor.
The statement read, “A total of $22 billion, $240 million, have been paid to secure the certificates of the students who have waited for more than five years.”
READ MORE:  : Kano Judiciary Demotes Registrar, Retires Senior Official Over Misconduct.
Former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso introduced a foreign scholarship program, but funding was cut while Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was in office.
Students without support were evicted from hostels, locked out of classrooms, and left homeless in a foreign country as a result of the discontinuation.
“These students endured intolerable trauma,” they said. Some of them faced harassment, mockery, and nearly deportation. Kabiru Ibrahim, the father of one of the affected students, said that this intervention is not just financial. It is also moral and humanitarian.
28 medical students and graduates from the fields of nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering, computer science, and biomedical sciences are among the beneficiaries. The majority of the recipients have completed their studies but are unable to access their certificates due to unpaid fees.
The Governor has even gone one step further by directing all returning students to work for the Kano State civil service.
“Our state benefits from these young professionals.” Governor Yusuf stated in a statement that we will welcome them home as well as give them opportunities to advance our country.
Many parents have openly cried of joy over what they described as the “end of a nightmare” as a result of the decision.
“It’s the happiest day of my life,” I declare. The mother of one of the medical graduates, Fatima Suleiman, expressed her joy at seeing her son begin his career.
The administration’s courageous action has been praised by human rights organizations and members of the Nigerian diaspora who have previously condemned the students’ neglect.
Source: Channels TV
Leave a Reply