Students in Kogi state are in for a good time as the GovernorIdris Wada-led government commences the disbursement of N200.6 million scholarships.
Wada's Senior Special Assistant on Youth and Student Affairs, ComradeMatifo Precious, revealed this in Lokoja on Wednesday.
He said N100.6 million of the total sum is for undergraduate students studying at various universities in the country while the remaining N100 million will be disbursed to Kogi students studying at theNigerian Law School(NLS).
Precious explained that 25,000 students have been paid a total of N30 million in the first tranche while the other students will be paid subsequently.
The scholarship will be warmly received, given that the governor has beenseverally criticised in the pastfor not taking education in the state seriously.
With the gubernatorial elections fast approaching and the emergence of a former Governor of the state, PrinceAbubakar Audu, as the candidate of theAll Progressives Congress(APC), Wada will hope that the gesture will win the students to his side.
Wada, a member of thePeoples Democratic Party(PDP) and an accomplished pilot, became Governor of Kogi State in 2011 and is seeking a second term in office.
He will need all the support he can get, considering that, in early September, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kogi,Suleiman Abdullahi, threatened togo against him at the pollsif the government does not pay the N32bn owed them in unpaid allowances
Wada's Senior Special Assistant on Youth and Student Affairs, ComradeMatifo Precious, revealed this in Lokoja on Wednesday.
He said N100.6 million of the total sum is for undergraduate students studying at various universities in the country while the remaining N100 million will be disbursed to Kogi students studying at theNigerian Law School(NLS).
Precious explained that 25,000 students have been paid a total of N30 million in the first tranche while the other students will be paid subsequently.
The scholarship will be warmly received, given that the governor has beenseverally criticised in the pastfor not taking education in the state seriously.
With the gubernatorial elections fast approaching and the emergence of a former Governor of the state, PrinceAbubakar Audu, as the candidate of theAll Progressives Congress(APC), Wada will hope that the gesture will win the students to his side.
Wada, a member of thePeoples Democratic Party(PDP) and an accomplished pilot, became Governor of Kogi State in 2011 and is seeking a second term in office.
He will need all the support he can get, considering that, in early September, the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kogi,Suleiman Abdullahi, threatened togo against him at the pollsif the government does not pay the N32bn owed them in unpaid allowances
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