JUST IN: Kwankwasiyya Foundation Sponsors 242 Students On Foreign Scholarship

By Mustapha Usman
The first batch of 370 Kano students, who graduated with first-class degrees and obtained sponsorship by Kwankwasiyya Development Foundation will leave Nigeria for India and Sudan to study Masters degree in various courses.

Speaking at a send forth reception for the beneficiaries at his residence on Tuesday, former governor of the state, Rabi’u Kwankwaso said 234 of the students would study Masters degree in science, technology and humanities in India, while 8 of them would study Islamic religious study and Arabic in Sudan.

Rabiu Kwankwaso,a former Senator, who is the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Political group, said that the foundation had paid all the fees, including tuition, accommodation, feeding and insurance to the universities, noting that return ticket had already been secured for the beneficiaries for easy return back to Nigeria after completion of their programmes.

“Today is a memorable day to me when we will witness the departure of the first batch if 370 students sponsored by Kwankwasiyya Development Foundation to study abroad.

” Education is the cardinal principle of Kwankwasiyya, as it is the bedrock of development in a society. We have done so much to education when we were in power in Kano. Now we feel it right to sustain the tempo,” Mr Kwankwaso said
He, therefore, urged the beneficiaries to be good ambassadors in their stay in the two countries, assuring that the foundation would soon commence preparation for the second batch.

Earlier a remark, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abba Yusuf congratulated the beneficiaries, assuring to sustain the scholarship if he wins his case at the tribunal and become the state governor.

He maintained that the Kwankwasiyya ideology is about human development, promising to revive the 26 institutions established by Rabiu Kwankwaso’s administration though allegedly abandoned by the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Solacebase reports that the students subsequently proceeded to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, for departure to Lagos for onward flight to India and Sudan.