Kano settles N258m fees for students in Egypt varsities

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approved N257,812,635 for the settlement of tuition fees of students studying at two Egyptian universities.

The students are made up of 37 at Mansoura University, and six at October 6 University.

The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, in a statement said the government was determined to shape the future of Kano students studying at Mansoura University despite “delving into politics”.

“Sometime, last year, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje applied large heart and pardoned the 37 students and released the sum of N209,596,633 for the payment of their outstanding tuition and maintenance fees,” he said.

He said the affected students had written an apology letter to the governor regretting their action.

In the letter, the press secretary quoted the students as saying “We are the 37 students of Mansoura University, who were earlier removed from the government’s sponsorship due to some misinformation communicated between the university authorities and the government. That misinformation had generated some sequence of events which led to the government’s decision to bring us back home.

“We know our issues had generated a lot of politicking and controversies in the past. Some political actors have used us in order to achieve their political ambition. The former governor of Kano State had even promised to continue with our sponsorship to the end of our studies, but he failed to do so.