Borno Students In 49 Tertiary Institutions To Receive Bursary Payments

Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved and released N624.3m for payment of scholarship to 23,776 citizens of the state in 49 tertiary schools across Nigeria.

The Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation,Dr Babagana Mustapha Mallambe, disclosed on Sunday that payments to students have already begun with N320m paid to students in nine institutions under the first batch.

Payment for second batch of students would commence on Monday, January 18, with the sum of N304.3m to be disbursed.

“From a total of N624,370,000 approved and released by His Excellency, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum, for scholarship to 23,776 Borno students, the ministry has disbursed N320m under the first batch, to students in nine tertiary schools located in Borno State. Those paid include part 4 and 5 students of University of Maiduguri, students in Borno State University, Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri, Sir Kashim Ibrahim College, College of Education Waka – Biu, Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies, College of Business Administration Konduga, Umar Ibn Ibrahim College of Education, Science and Technology-Bama and those in Mohammet Lawan College of Agriculture,” he said.

He noted that from Monday, January 18, 2021, the ministry would begin the disbursement of another N304,370,000 to the students in 40 higher institutions across Nigeria.

Dr Mallambe added that the governor had earlier approved financial support to resident doctors of Borno origin located in different parts of the country, to enable them fund capacity development programmes that would be potentially beneficial to Borno people in the long run.