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Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria
The Tutorial Workers Union of Universities has awarded a N2million scholarship grant to 10 indigent college students of Ahmadu Bello College Zaria.
The Department Chairman of the union, Prof. Haruna-Mohammed Jibril, made this recognized in an interplay with newsmen on Saturday in Zaria.
Jibril mentioned the union, throughout its Nationwide Government Council assembly at Gombe State College in February 2018, instituted a scholarship scheme for indigent college students in any respect the branches of the union.
He added that below the scheme, the nationwide union awarded N200,000 to 2 beneficiaries of the grant to help the indigent pupil of their educational pursuits.
The chairman mentioned the nationwide union inspired branches to emulate the gesture; accordingly, the ABU Chapter provided extra scholarships to 2 college students from 2018 to 2022.
“This 12 months, after we got here again from our assembly at Kaduna State College, we briefed the congress and the congress permitted the upward evaluation of the grant to N1.6m,’’ he mentioned.
He added that the N1.6m for eight beneficiaries was along with the preliminary N400,000 for 2 beneficiaries from the nationwide physique, bringing the full to N2m.
He additional defined that the ASUU ABU Chapter disbursed the grant as a result of the scholars had commenced registration for the brand new session, therefore its determination for early launch of the funds to beneficiaries.
Based on him, the beneficiaries are shiny college students who’ve a minimal CGPA of three.0 they usually even have a historical past of economic challenges.
Jibril mentioned moreover the scholarship grants to indigent college students, ASUU had additionally offered N50m price of palliatives to Internally Displaced Individuals (IDPs) throughout northern Nigeria.
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