By Abdullahi Adamu Gusau
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Abdulmalik Zannah has distributed N13.2 million as scholarship grants to 275 University and college of Nursing students.
Zannah, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) represents Bungudu/Maru federal constituency at the House of Representatives.
The students were drawn from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), Zamfara University, Talata-Mafara and final year students of the College of Nursing Sciences, Gusau.
Speaking at the cash disbursement ceremony to the beneficiaries in Bungudu, Zannah said the gesture was part of his intervention to support educational development in the constituency.
The lawmaker represented by the Chairman of his Education Committee and also Registrar, Federal College of Education Technical Gusau, Alhaji Muhammad Adamu, said the beneficiaries comprised 103 undergraduate students from UDUS.
“The beneficiaries also included 98 final year students of the College of Nursing Sciences, Gusau and 74 students of Zamfara University, Talata Mafara.
“Each of the 103 students of UDUS and 74 students of the State University are to receive N40,000 while the 98 final year Nursing students will receive N30,000 each,” he said.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, the President of Bungudu/Maru Students’ Association, Abdulmalik Yahaya, described the gesture as a welcome development.
“On behalf of the entire students of Bungudu and Maru Local Government Areas, we extend gratitude to the lawmaker for his kind gesture.
“This will reduce the economic hardship being faced by the students in paying their school fees,” Yahaya added.
