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 Kano Spends N1.8b on Sponsored Students

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"mdhEhIMC" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"9V2flZEh" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kano state government under Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has spent the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;civichive&period;org&sol;covidtracka&sol;covid-donations&sol;"> sum of One Billion and Eight Hundred Million Naira<&sol;a> &lpar;N1&period;8b&rpar; on Kano sponsored students to Nigerian private universities&comma; who were abandoned by the administration of the former governor Rabi&&num;8217&semi;u Musa Kwankwaso&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"i4IINmEa" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The private universities are the American University of Nigeria &lpar;AUN&rpar;&comma; Yola&comma; Crescent University&comma; Al-Qalam University&comma; Bells University of Technology&comma; Otta&comma; and Igbinediom University&comma; Okada&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This was disclosed by the governor during the presentation of Certificates to 20 students&comma; during the State Executive Council meeting&comma; held at Africa House&comma; Government House&comma; Kano&comma; Wednesday&period; They all graduated from AUN&comma; Yola&comma; with 2 First Class grade students and 18 Second Class Upper grade students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They were the set of students who were taken to the university during the administration of Kwankwaso&comma; with the payment of their tuition and other fees at less than 10 percent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When we came in by the year 2015&comma; we were told that all the students sponsored by the then administration&comma; all their payments were settled 100 percent&period; Including these ones from American University Nigeria&comma; Yola&period; But the statement of such payments turned out to be a half-truth&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he reveals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the case of the AUN students&comma; the governor challenged&comma; the percentage of what was paid for them was very insignificant&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Bit we believe that they are our children&comma; we must therefore pay over 80 percent for them to finish their studies&period; Which we did&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While congratulating them for their outstanding performances&comma; he promised to see them through in their life endeavors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As some of them started becoming entrepreneurs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Abubakar Bala Musa and Rabi&&num;8217&semi;u Ibrahim Kabiru graduated with First Class grades in Science Software Engineering&period; While the remaining 18 all graduated with Second Class Upper grades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;21&sol;governor-ganduje-is-a-sobriquet-of-malam-aminu-kano-and-deserves-the-right-to-anoint-a-successor-bala-salihu-dawakin-kudu&sol;">Governor Ganduje Is a Sobriquet Of Malam Aminu Kano and Deserves the Right to anoint a successor -Bala Salihu Dawakin Kudu<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Ganduje appreciated their efforts in making Kano state proud&comma; due to their performance at AUN&period; Assuring that&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We will give you all the necessary assistance&period; We are glad to hear that some of you have already started engaging in entrepreneurship&period; This is a good step in the right direction&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He promised them inclusion into any recruitment exercise that may arise in the state Ministries&comma; Departments&comma; and Agencies&period; He even directed the State Head of Service to take all their information for that purpose&comma; encouraging that&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We will give you priority during any recruitment exercise&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ganduje further revealed that &&num;8220&semi;We inherited over 1150 students from the administration of Rabi&&num;8217&semi;u Musa Kwankwaso&comma; who were sponsored to universities both within and outside the country&period; And we were told that all of them their fees were paid 100 percent&period; Which turned out not to be true&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hafsat Adhama spoke on behalf of the 20 AUN graduates&comma; who appreciated that &&num;8220&semi;Today&comma; being the 25th of November&comma; 2020 marks the second happiest day for me and my colleagues in this 2020 of a year&period; The first day was in May when we were assured that our fees had been settled&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Appreciating how governor Ganduje saves their studies and time&comma; after being abandoned due to non-payment of their fees by the past administration&comma; she said &&num;8220&semi;The two and a half years we spent at home waiting for our results had been a roller coaster journey for all of us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But with perseverance&comma; consistent prayers&comma; guidance from our parents&comma; and most importantly our belief in our father&comma; the Khadimul Islam of Kano state&comma; a role model&comma; an icon of true leadership and a father to the fatherless His Excellency Dr&period; Abdallah Umar Ganduje&comma; our suffering has finally come to an end&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adding that&comma; &&num;8221&semi; I want to give you a glad tiding that the decision you’ve made in giving us hope and a chance to reach out to the bright future we envisage&comma; is surely the best decision you’ve ever made in your government<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; 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