The deputy Governor of Nasarswa State, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, has awarded scholarship to 50 students at the Federal Government Science and Technical College (FGSTC) Doma, Doma Local Government Area.
Speaking at the scholarship distribution in Doma on Tuesday, Akabe stated that the action was intended to make education accessible to underprivileged children and improve educational development of the less privileged for a better future.
Akabe explained that the scholarship would be awarded for the next six years as his personal support for child education and encouraged the beneficiaries to pursue their studies with passion to achieve the goals for which it was developed.
He also stated that more would be dispersed throughout the state’s local government areas once the scholarship disbursement process began.
He said the beneficiaries were selected randomly through a meticulous search from the electoral wards of Doma local council and we’re selected after meeting all requirements.
The deputy governor noted that the present administration under the leadership of Governor Abdullahi Sule was prioritising education above all other sectors for the development of the society.
He , therefore called on parents, teachers and guardians of the students to guide them accordingly to make their future brighter.
In his remarks, the State Commissioner for Education, Dr John Mamman, said in the last six years of the current administration, education has gulped the largest share of the state’s annual budgetary allocation.
He commended the deputy Governor for empowering the less privileged with a six-year-long scholarship, calling on other individuals to emulate him.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Munirat Abdullahi lauded the deputy governor for improving the children’s well-being in education, saying that a well-educated society was a wealthy society.
On his part, the Executive Chairman of Doma Local Government Area, Jonathan Addra, promised to follow the footsteps of the deputy governor in providing quality education in Doma LGA in order to address the challenges of insecurity and boost economic development in the state.
In their separate contributions, Sa’adatu Yahaya, Executive Secretary of the Nasarawa State Scholarship Board and Yahaya Idris, Chairman of the Parents-Teachers Association (FGSTC), praised the deputy governor for the initiative, stating that it was a major step forward for the state’s education and human capital development.
