Kano, Borno offer scholarship to 100 victims of insurgency

BORNO State has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kano State government to sponsor 100 children who became orphans as a result of Boko Haram attacks to study from primary to tertiary levels of education.

The beneficiaries, according to the MoU, are to be initially enrolled into various primary schools in Kano city, before proceeding on their secondary and university education in the state.

Addressing them before their departure to Kano at the Musa Usman Secretariat complex, Maiduguri, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno disclosed that the Kano State government sponsored the initiative in collaboration with his administration to provide basic and university education to the children affected by Boko Haram insurgency.

Shettima, who was represented by the Head of Service (HOS), Barrister Yakubu Bukar, congratulated the beneficiaries. His words: “I hope the gesture will greatly reduce the ‘heavy burden’ on Borno State government in taking care of all of you, who became orphans as a result of Boko Haram crisis in the state.

I also express believe that the existing relationship between the two state governments will be sustained.” In her remarks, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Fanta Baba Shehu, described the gesture as timely, stating that the children were carefully selected from the 16 affected local councils the state.

She further disclosed that Governor Shettima, his Kano State counterpart, Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and five other top government officials will serve as guardians to the beneficiaries. .