Governor Yusuf welcomes 29 Kano students from postgraduate studies in India, announces new scholarship round

Kano, Nigeria – Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has welcomed 29 Kano state college students who efficiently accomplished their postgraduate research at SR College in India, marking a pivotal achievement in Kano’s overseas scholarship initiative.

The scholars’ return was celebrated throughout a reception on the Malam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport, the place Governor Yusuf, accompanied by Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, personally greeted the graduates.

The occasion underscored the significance of the state’s funding in schooling and human capital improvement. The 29 graduates are a part of the Kano State Authorities’s bold program to sponsor 1,001 college students for larger schooling overseas. Talking on the reception, Governor Yusuf praised the scholars’ dedication and exhausting work, emphasizing how their newly acquired information would contribute to Kano’s socio-economic progress.

“Your success is a testomony to the potential that exists inside Kano’s youth,” Governor Yusuf remarked. “We should make sure that extra proficient people are given the identical alternatives.”

The Governor additionally used the event to announce the reopening of the applying course of for a brand new spherical of scholarships underneath the 1,001 Postgraduate Scholarship Programme. This initiative goals to supply extra college students from Kano with the prospect to pursue larger schooling at non-public and public universities each regionally and internationally.

This new part of this system reaffirms the state’s dedication to uplifting its youth via tutorial {and professional} improvement. Governor Yusuf’s administration has prioritized schooling as a cornerstone for financial progress, particularly for underprivileged college students.

The 29 graduates from India are among the many first cohort of the 1,001-student scholarship initiative. College students sponsored by the federal government have additionally returned from Uganda, with extra anticipated to reach from different nations in November and December.