In line with the announcement it made on 12th May, 2019, the Nura Manu foundation, a charity organization in Bauchi State has disbursed the sum of N8.3 million for payment of registration fees to 314 indigent students to study in different tertiary institutions.
Founder of the foundation Alhaji Nura Manu Soro disclosed this on Thursday while addressing newsmen in his office saying that was the first phase of the disbursement.
According to him, the beneficiaries were selected from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi, Bauchi State University Gadau and federal Polytechnic Bauchi.
He expressed the foundation’s resolve to continue with the disbursement in order to extend the gesture to teeming less privileged students in the state.
Soro noted that the foundation would constitute a scholarship screening committee with representation from the traditional institutions, Islamic schools, primary, secondary Schools and tertiary institutions who will be charged with the responsibility of selecting and shortlisting the beneficiaries.
Commenting on how positively the activities of the foundation have affected students of the state, the president National Union of Bauchi State Students (NUBASS) Comrade Ibrahim Hashim Abdullahi lauded the foundation for the gesture saying it brings succour to the less privileged students.
