Kano state governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approved the release and disbursement of the sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100m) to France universities where Kano students are undergoing Masters and Doctoral Degrees.
Ganduje said this is in fulfilment of the state committment for the Kano/France Joint Scholarship Programme 2019/2020 academic session.
It could be recalled that Kano state government and French Embassy in Nigeria entered an agreement, named “Kano/France Joint Scholarship Programme, where lecturers from tertiary institutions in the state are sent to further their studies to Masters and PhD levels.
Some of them proceed to Doctorate Degrees after completing their Masters Degrees.
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This was contained in a statement issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar on Wednesday and forwarded to Solacebase.
The statement said Lecturers come from state-owned universities and other institutions of higher learning in the state, such as Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil (KUST), Yusuf Maitama Sule University and Kano State Polytechnic, among others.
It said in line with the framework of the Contractual Agreement between the state government and French government, it is stipulated that, the public institution CAMPUS France, specifically in Article 6.3 that, “Payment of cash advance by the Partner, …the due payment for the academic year 2019-2020 (is definite) in order to ensure the Scholarships management of 9 PhD students (7 recurrent and 2 new) for the period of 1st of September 2019 to 31st of August 2020.”
While assuring that, the state government would always respect the agreement reached under this programme, Ganduje also called on the beneficiaries to remain focused and dedicated in their endeavours, “…so as to have value for the resources spend, for the development of the state education system. Especially when they are back home,” he urges.
It said some of the French institutions that, Kano students run their programmes are University of Lyon, Ecole Central Nantes, University of Bourgogne, Nice Sophia Antipolis, EPITA Paris, University of Paris Sud, the University of Paris Saclay among others.
The statement added that the Coordinator of the Programme Dr Hussaini Akilu Jarma who is the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Higher Education assured that the programme would continue unhindered hopefully.
