A press statement issued in Sokoto at the weekend showed that beneficiaries of the tuition fees and upkeep allowance include students studying in USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Turkey, Sudan, Antigua, Bangladesh, India, Uganda, and Niger Republic. It also includes payments to more than 10,000 Sokoto students in public and private schools across Nigeria. “Most of the tuition fees payments are up-to-date, especially for our students in Sudan and Niger Republic. Efforts have been intensified to make disbursements to students in places where we are not yet up-to-date in payments.
“As announced by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal recently, arrangements are in place to send 200 students to India to study medicine and related fields. “Let me state on record that the Scholarship Board is receiving all necessary support for the payment of tuition fees and allowances of our students despite the lean financial resources of the state.
“Beside this, the state is encouraging its indigenes to advance their
studies in institutions of higher learning both within and outside the
country, especially in the fields of science and technology,” the
statement added. On Sokoto students at the Nigerian Law School, the
Chairman said 37 Law graduates of Sokoto origin received upkeep
allowances to cover the duration of their stay in law schools in
addition to their tuition fees which were paid in 2016.
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