Buni gives N38.4m scholarship to 69 Law graduates
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni yesterday in Damaturu presented scholarship award letters and computers to 69 Law graduates going for Bar Studies at the Nigerian Law School campuses.
The 69 beneficiaries received a cumulative package of about N38.4m covering their registration and tuition fees as well as wardrobe allowance.
The governor said his administration would also provide them with the books and computers they needed to study, expressing confidence that they would do Yobe proud.
According to him, the state’s education sector is poised for progress as a result of the measures his administration has taken and the measures it will continue to take.
Buni said: “It is to reposition our education sector that our administration is taking various measures and committing so many resources so that our children in Yobe and our youths and all our people who want a good education can have access to it.
“We have organised an education summit, and tomorrow (today), the full report of the Summit Committee of Experts on Basic and Secondary Education will submit their report to me. I want to assure you and all the people of our state that we would implement and be guided by the committee’s recommendations as we implement the measures necessary to revitalize education in the state.
“We have also split the ministry of education into the ministry of basic and secondary education and the ministry of higher education so that we devote the attention and resources necessary to make each function effectively. And we are taking other measures to improve education, including science education through the establishment of STEM Schools.
“In conclusion, I want to return to the issue I raised at the beginning of my speech, about the issue of responsibility and hard work. Please remember that you are Yobe’s ambassadors in the various campuses of the Nigeria Law School. This is a huge responsibility. I hope you would take it with broad shoulders and set good examples for others to follow.”