Parents Of Katsina State Foreign Students Laud Masari’s N625m Scholarship

Katsina State Governor Rt. Hon Aminu Bello Masari received appreciation from the forum of parents whose children study in various institutions of higher learning across the globe.

This was disclosed during a joint courtesy by the parents and the Katsina State Students at the Muhammadu Buhari House, the Katsina State seat of Government.

According to a statement signed by Ibrahim Abdullah, the Director General of the State government media on Saturday, the Chairman of the forum account, broke down the payment as thus; N512,000,000 outstanding payments was inherited from the previous government, N26,000,000 as spill over outstanding and returning cases, while $319,000 was for medical students in Jordan and Sudan.

He further commended the Masari, stating that without the effort of the governor, the children would by now be at home to.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on higher Education Dr. Usman Ruwan Godiya expressed happiness as the Governor meets both students and parents, he described the moment as his happiest since his emergence at the position.

He further stated that when the sponsored students come back to the country, they will make Katsina different.

Ruwan Godiya also presented to the Governor some of the trained students who had completed their studies.

The Governor while responding, thanked the parents and the students, he said the payment is the right of the students as they also are citizens of Katsina State as the state resources are used in sponsoring them.

Masari further called on the parents to try and find out the status of their children more especially those studying abroad, he said with the advent of the Internet, parents can track academic records of children.

On the drug abuse, the governor charged the parents to be vigilant; they should search the bags of their female children, check excesses of late night chats and phone calls as they are mostly used for negative purposes.