Governor Uba Sani has approved the appointment of twenty returning medical students who graduated from universities in Cuba and Uganda.
It was also stated that his administration has introduced policies at the Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board, which have enabled students from humble backgrounds to obtain sponsorship with ease.
The Executive Secretary of the Board, Professor Yahya Saleh Ibrahim, who spoke to newsmen at the weekend, disclosed that the governor has ordered the removal of tax clearance as a requirement for accessing scholarships.
The Executive Secretary maintained that Governor Uba Sani has offered employment to six medical students who recently graduated from Cuba and fourteen of their counterparts who completed their studies in Uganda.
Professor Ibrahim further stated that the fourteen nursing graduates from Uganda “were all automatically employed into the Kaduna State civil service by His Excellency, the Governor of Kaduna State.”
Prof. Ibrahim also noted that although writing essays remains a requirement for obtaining scholarships, “it is, however, done to determine areas of students’ weakness that require support.”
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He further disclosed that Governor Uba Sani has created seven Scholarship Awards Zonal Units to facilitate the screening of students in rural areas.
According to the Executive Secretary, these zonal units have reduced the burden of travelling to the Board’s headquarters in Kaduna and have eased congestion.
The governor has also provided thirty computers to the various units to simplify the application process. He added that the units comprise Zaria, Kafanchan, Kachia, Pambegua, Makarfi, Kaduna North, and Kaduna South zones.
He also stated that the Board now conducts on-the-spot scholarship enrolments for indigenous students across tertiary institutions, adding that this initiative has “enlisted over 4,330 potential beneficiaries awaiting disbursement.”
Prof. Ibrahim disclosed that “a total of 3,397 students have been awarded local scholarships from May 2023 to date. Thirty students have benefitted from the third-party Tertiary Education Loans.”
The Board has also “secured fifty scholarships for secondary school students in collaboration with the Ministry of Education for indigent students from the Indomie Noodles DOFIL Company Kaduna.”
According to him, “the inclusion of government special scholarship intervention programmes for innovation, aviation, meritorious, underprivileged, and People with Special Needs (PLWD) students in the state is at the heart of His Excellency’s agenda.”
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