233 Beneficiaries of Gov Buni’s foreign scholarship to India departs

DESERT HERALD can confirm that Governor Mai Mala Buni’s education Innitiative that targets the poor through Foreign scholarship awards has fully taken effect.

The scheme initiated and sponsored by Gov. Mai Mala Buni provides a ground for 233 Yobe indigenes will depart Nigeria tomorrow to study Petroleum Engineering, operation theatre, renal dialysis, medicine, anesthesia ,cardiac technology, pharmacy, others at Indian University.

This is the first time in the entire history of the state such a large number of students are being sponsored. The process of selection DESERT HERALD reveals has been very transparent and has received commendation from citizens across the state.

DESERT HERALD Publisher, Mallam Tukur Mamu (Dan-Iyan Fika) has commended the governor who is also the national Chairman of the APC for what he calls “a Peoples oriented innitiative and the transparent process Gov Buni ensured was followed to select the students”.

The Gov. Mai Mala Buni foreign scholarship is an initiative of Gov. Mai Mala Buni, is a scheme that covers visa, tuition, accommodation, feeding, books, travels and pocket stipend for all awardees who are mostly children of poor selected across Yobe communities by Gov. Mai Mala Buni administration in 2020.

The Executive Secretary of Yobe state scholarship board, Dr. Abubakar Bukar Kagu has been commanded for the successful exercise.