By Mukhtar Jarmajo
Again, it has been proved that though numbers are decisive, they may altogether be deceptive. And in the annals of Bauchi state, there may have never been a time when fewness sets out to determine the future of a people than now. History shows that in spite the very many successful technocrats and business tycoons the state has produced, this is the first time that millions of Naira have been set aside to pay school tuition fees to students who are educationally thirsty but financially helpless.
And to effectively and efficiently achieve this, Nura Manu-Soro, a Bauchi state born business man, flouted a foundation and charged it with the responsibility to administer the scholarship scheme. When he told newsmen on 12th May, 2019, in a press conference in Bauchi that a whooping One Hundred Million Naira have been set aside to provide succor to the educationally thirsty but financially helpless students of Bauchi state origin, Nura Manu-Soro also explained in quite unambiguous terms that students across Islamiyya, Primary and Secondary schools, Higher Islam and Tertiary Institutions can access the facility.
According to him, the process of accessing the facility is altogether seamless. It only involves picking a Form at the Foundation`s Secretariat, filling and returning it for verification and subsequent shortlisting. Today, through this process; one that is cashless, a total sum of Eight Million, Three Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Seven Hundred and Two Naira, Five Kobo has been disbursed to 314 beneficiaries from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi; Bauchi State University, Gadau; Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi; Modibbo Adama University, Yola; Bayero University, Kano.
The Foundation Secretariat stated this in a press conference on 1st instant. It also announced that it has finished its first phase of the disbursement and that the next phase of the disbursement will involve constituting what it termed as Scholarship Selection Committee (SSC) in all the twenty Local Governments of Bauchi state to take the philanthropy to the door step of prospective beneficiaries. With this, it is critical to note that the Foundation is not only committed to disbursing the funds, it is also willing to do so in such a manner that the prospective beneficiaries of the funds will access it in greater ease.
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