BAUCHI GOV. REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO PAY STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

BALA MOHAMMED

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has reaffirmed the determination of his administration towards the payment of scholarship as at when due.

The Governor gave the assurance while receiving in audience, officials of the NUBASS who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House Bauchi.

Governor Bala Mohammed said the measure was to ensure human capital development in the state's education sector and overcome some of the challenges facing the sector.

The Governor who expressed concern over the non payment of scholarship to students by the previous administrations in the state in the last 5 years, pledged to block leakages in the payment.

He said renovation and construction of schools would be carry out next year as it was captured in the budget as part of efforts to address the menace of out of school children in the state. Governor Bala Mohammed used the medium to express satisfaction with the peaceful conduct of the recent NUBASS election and called on the officials to justify the confidence reposed in them.

Earlier, the NUBASS National President, Comrade Adamu Musa Kaloma expressed gratitude to Governor Bala Mohammed for pledging to ensure timely payment of the students scholarship. The NUBASS National President acknowledged the efforts of the government towards restoring the lost glory of education sector in the state and assured him of their support in order to achieve the desired objectives.

From Press Directorate Government House Bauchi