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Ahmadu Bello Foundation Awards Scholarships To 190 Students -Lea
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By: Ebenezer Date: September 5, 2013, 12:29 pm
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The Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (SABMF) has awarded
scholarships to 190 Northern Nigerian undergraduate students
studying in various institutions across the country.
The advisory council chairman of the foundation, Justice Mamman
Nasir (rtd), who extols the virtues of the legendary leader,
late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello during the
disbursement of the scholarship fund to the beneficiaries
yesterday in Zamfara State capital, Gusau, said political
leaders in the north must endeavour to reflect the virtues of
the Sardauna especially in tackling the issues of education in
the region.
He said that though northern governments are committing huge
resources to education sector, ¡°there is need for a more
reinforced efforts to build upon the legacies left by
Sardauna¡±. He said that only qualitative education could solve
socio-economic problems and foster realistic development of any
society.
Speaking on behalf of Governor Yari who is the guest of honour
at the occasion, the statecommissioner, Ministry of Science and
Technical Education, Alhaji Bala Muhammed Dansadau, disclosed
that the state government was doing everything possible to
upgrade the education sector in the state.
He also said that Zamfara State was one of the leading states in
the country in the area of provision of scholarships to its
students studying in various institutions across the country and
beyond.
He noted that the state has committed a lot of resources in the
construction and renovation of classrooms and students¡¯ hostels
in all institutions of learning across the state.
The ceremony tagged ¡°SABMF 2012/2013 Scholarship Awards for
Undergraduates and HND Students¡± was attended by the chairmanof
the foundation, Justice Salihu Modibo Alfa Belgore, and two
other members of the advisory council, the former
inspector-general of police, Alhaji Ibrahim Comassie, and Alhaji
Umaru Shinkafi.
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