15,745 Students Benefited From 2014 Yobe State Scholarship Scheme

[Shola Sholaz]

The Yobe State Scholarship Board (YSSB) has disclosed that a total of 15,745 students benefited from the tertiary institution scholarship scheme instituted by the state government for the year 2014.
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Alhaji Ibrahim Toshia, the Executive Chairman of YSSB, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Damaturu.
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He said that the measure would enable indigenes of the state acquire the best possible knowledge, skills and training needed to play a part in moving the country forward.
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Toshia said out of 15,745 beneficiaries last year, 15,744 students were enrolled in various institutions of lea'rning in Benue, Kano, Borno and Kaduna states.
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The chairman added that other recipients were absorbed by the Nigerian Law School for which the government paid over N300 million.
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Toshia listed other beneficiaries to include 17 Ph.D, 39 Masters of Science and 40 medical students who were enrolled in universities overseas and who received N360 million.
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He said that the state government through the scholarship board had so far spent over N2 billion to settle students' bursaries since 2007.
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Toshia said that the current administration in the state was committed to supporting students in every possible way to enable them acquire university degrees.
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He advised the beneficiaries to make good use of the "golden opportunity" provided by the state government to assist them acquire qualitative education across the globe.

[Shola Sholaz]