The Kabir Abubakar Bichi Foundation, led by Honourable Member Representing Bichi Federal Constituency, has disbursed a total of N81,106,152.83 to cover the registration and tuition fees of over 3,000 students at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Bichi and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi.
According to a statement released on Monday by Zaharadden Bello, Secretary General of the Foundation, 513 undergraduate degree students received full session payments totaling N35,670,253.38.
Bello also disclosed that over 2,000 NCE students benefited from the foundation’s scholarship.
“We’ve disbursed over N35,670,253.38 as full session payments to 513 degree students.
“Additionally, we’ve covered the first-semester registration fees for 2,487 students, totaling N45,435,899.45,” the statement said.
This is not the first time the lawmaker has covered the registration fees for indigenous students of Bichi local government.
In August 2023, the lawmaker paid the registration fee for the second term for 2,299 students of NCE at the Federal College of Education Bichi.
Furthermore, in December 2023, he settled the registration fees for an additional 2,337 students of the college.