Ganduje Slams Kwankwaso, ‘He Is A Scam’

Ganduje explained that Kwankwaso’s foreign scholarship scheme was a scam, as it did not follow due process in securing admissions for students.

The governor who made the allegation while receiving the new executives of National Association of Kano state Students, NAKSS, who visited him explained that “the arrangement was fraudulent and unacceptable to his administration.”

He accused his predecessor of engaging the services of “a contractor”, who collects money improperly from both the government and the institutions, turning the whole admission exercise into a racket.

“When they want to pay the bursaries of the students, they give the contractor, who in turn takes his share before remitting the money to the students. Similarly, when they want to pay the school fees, they send the money to him, to take his share, then give the rest to the institutions,” the governor said.

He gave the assurance that his administration was determined to regularize the states’ scholarship process so that the students continue with their academic endeavours conveniently.

“While some state governments are bringing their students back home because of economic recession, we are sustaining the foreign scholarship scheme until our children complete their studies and return home,” the governor assured.

He stated that his government inherited a huge liability of unpaid scholarships for students in foreign universities, pointing out that although effort was made to settle some of the debt, about N3 billion is still being owed to the institutions.