Gov. Uba Sani has expanded access to scholarships – ES

Kaduna state governor Uba Sani has refocused the state’s Scholarship and Loans Board to reflect his administration’s policy of inclusion without sacrificing merit.

The Executive Secretary of the Board, Professor Yahya Sale Ibrahim, who disclosed this at a media briefing Friday, said the governor’s new template had started bearing fruits.

He said students from humble backgrounds and those from rural local governments and remote rural communities “are now benefiting from foreign scholarships which has expanded and enriched the Kaduna state Scholarship award system.”

“Iin the past, beneficiaries of foreign scholarships were mostly from urban local governments like Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Igabi, Zaria, Sabon Gari, Jema’a and Zangon Kataf local governments. But the all inclusive government of Senator Mal Uba Sani changed the narratives within the shortest time,” he said.

Ibrahim pointed out that the Uba Sani administration had made deliberate efforts to include students from “remote local governments and those from humble backgrounds, to benefit from the scholarship scheme without lowering standards.”

“The gesture will also serve as an impetus for students on scholarship to put in their best, knowing that their hard work will be rewarded.”