Ex- Sokoto Governor Sponsors 600 Indigent Students To Higher Education

Former Governor of Sokoto State Senator, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has sponsored about 600 indigent students of the state to acquire university education in different parts of the world, as part of his passionate efforts to ensure the provision of quality education for the indigent children in the state.

This includes another set of 17 undergraduate students sponsored to study for their first Degree at the University of Lahore, Republic of Pakistan.

The APC leader in Sokoto State has been sponsoring many indigent children in the state to acquire their first Degrees, Masters, and PhDs, both within and outside Nigeria.

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Speaking while addressing newsmen on some of the achievements in the state, Al-Mustapha Abubakar Alkali, the acting permanent secretary of the Ministry of Basic Education in the state said the latest batch of seventeen students were sent to Pakistan to study various degree courses, mostly in Sciences, Information Technology, and Engineering, among other related fields.

Alkali, who is also the Director of Administration in the office of Senator Aliyu Wamakko, said the first batch of 25 students who were sent to study undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Pakistan have already graduated with flying colours.

He further said another batch was sent to ISFOP in Benin Republic, numbering 27, while another set of six students was sponsored to Islamic University, Uganda.

He had also sent 10 more students to the Islamic University of Niger, Saye, Niger Republic, for first-degree programmes.

According to Alkali, 25 students are currently studying at the prestigious Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto and Al-Qalam University in Katsina, Katsina State, where 63 students are enjoying the sponsorship.

Sen. Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District, has long been sponsoring many Indigent children from the state and beyond just to equip them to become more productive members of society and be part of the nation’s assets for a better future in Nigeria.

The Senator has just initiated and established the first private University in Sokoto State, named “North-West University, Sokoto, for knowledge, progress, and excellence to further encourage quality education,

The University had already begun its academic calendar with a certain number of students who are currently studying degree programmes in different science courses.