Zulum sends 19 orphaned youths to study medicine in Egypt, pays N250m 

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, yesterday, bid farewell to 19 youths, most of who grew up as orphans and vulnerable indigenes of Borno State.

The students will be departing for Suez City in Egypt to study and obtain Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) degrees with full government scholarship for a five-year period. 

The scholarship to Suez University, for which Zulum released N250 million, was one of the outcomes of a visit to some Egyptian universities by Zulum in November 2020.

The governor had, during that trip, promised to approve scholarship for youths from the most deprived family backgrounds in Borno State to study in Egypt, other countries, and across Nigeria.

Zulum, later in February 2022, made a follow-up visit to the Egyptian embassy in Abuja for a meeting with Ambassador Ihab Awad, to discuss the educational partnership.

The youths, who benefitted were selected from the state’s 27 local council areas, comprising 12 young men and seven young women.

Zulum received the 19 beneficiaries at Government House, Maiduguri. They were led by Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Babagana Mustapha Mallambe, whose ministry supervises the Borno State Scholarship Board. 

The governor congratulated the youths and urged them to focus on their studies and be good ambassadors of Borno and Nigeria.