Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufa’I on Saturday said the state government had approved automatic scholarship for 78 indigenous first class graduates in any university of their choice worldwide.
El-Rufa’i made the pronouncement at the 23rd Annual General Meeting of Zazzau Education Development Association in Zaria.
El-Rufa’i was represented at the occasion by the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Adamu-Danfulani.
He said: “Indigenous First Class graduates will be given automatic scholarship to study in any of the universities worldwide.
“So far, we have identified 78 indigenous first class graduates, who will benefit from this automatic scholarship.”
El-Rufa’i said over N10 billion had been earmarked for renovation of 300 schools in the state in the 2016 budget.
El-Rufai expressed concern over the issue of drug abuse among students, saying that the government was doing everything within its powers to address the situation.
He harped on the need to revitalise the drug-free clubs in secondary schools in the state with a view to eradicating the ugly trend.
Earlier, the Chairman of ZEDA Board of Trustees, Prof. Idris AbdulKadir, commended the association for finding him worthy of the position.
Adulkadir promised to uphold ZEDA’s legacies, saying that it would be progressively improved upon.
ZEDA’s Central Working Committee Chairman, Dr. Alimi Bello, said the association’s N25 million model school building project was about 80 per cent completed.
Bello said the renovation of a structure to be used as a vocational centre, donated by the state government, had reached about 85 per cent completion after gulping about N3 million.
