Dasuki awards 200 scholarships, empowers farmers, women in Sokoto constituency

In a landmark event held at Laziz Hall in Tambuwal, Sokoto State, Hon. Abdussamad Dasuki, the federal lawmaker representing Kebbe/Tambuwal, announced a multi-pronged initiative to support education, agriculture, and women’s empowerment.

This comprehensive scheme, amounting to ₦27.5 million, includes 200 scholarships for university students, provision of essential agricultural inputs for farmers, and financial grants to women groups across his constituency.

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The Abdussamad Dasuki Scholarship Programme, which entered its latest phase on Friday, awarded scholarships to 200 university students. Recipients with a GPA of 3.00 and above were recognised for academic excellence, while students with a lower GPA were encouraged to improve through the support.

Additionally, Dasuki announced fully-funded scholarships for 20 to 30 students to pursue postgraduate degrees in Information Technology and Public Health at Iconic University, targeting indigent students with a first degree. This initiative, costing up to ₦600,000 per student, aims to make advanced education accessible to deserving constituents.

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Tens of women trader groups across Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency also got empowered with cash grant by Hon. @abdussamadd Dasuki, member representing the constituency in the Federal House of Representatives.

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Also, as part of his Strategic Empowerment Programme 2024 for his constituency, Dasuki distributed hundreds of water pumping machines for irrigation and hundreds of bags of fertilizer to 700 constituents, cutting across the 21 wards of Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency.

Cash grants were also given to tens of women groups, as part of his empowerment programs for his constituents.

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Speaking at the occasion, Dasuki, who is also the Santurakin Sokoto, reiterated his determination to ensure that no university student from his constituency drops out of school due to inability to pay school fees, adding that he would also continue to reward students with high GPA.

Dasuki assured the students that whoever amongst them that gets a great CGPA would be sponsored abroad for further studies, just as was done for two students with very high CGPA in 2022.

Noting the importance of education, Dasuki said he would continue to support the educational pursuits of young people in his constituency so that they would be able to compete favorably with their peers in different parts of the country and around the world for opportunities.

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He expressed strong optimism that his investment in human development through scholarship and business empowerment would lead to the development of Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency.

Earlier in the year, in his continuous bid to support small businesses holders, including farmers, traders and artisans, and enhance the livelihoods of people in Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency, Dasuki disbursed grants to some small and medium-scale enterprise owners.

At the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Grant, tagged ‘It’s Coming’,  in August, aimed at helping people of Kebbe/Tambuwal federal constituency weather the prevailing economic crisis and make them to be self-reliant, cheques were distributed  to beneficiaries in Kuchi District, Kebbe Local Government by teams from the Dasuki Office. Beneficiaries received grants ranging from ₦100,000 to ₦250,000.