Bello gives life scholarship to artist
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has gifted a Lagos-based secondary school student, identified as Mayowa, with a lifetime scholarship for drawing a portrait of him.
Mayowa had on December 21 2021, drawn and uploaded the artwork, depicting Governor Bello in northern, southern, and eastern attire, to portray the governor as a man of unity.
The post made via the Instagram handle, @cridarts, had about 473 views. In the post, the young artist wrote, “I did a painting of Governor Yahaya Bello @officialgybkogi. Please guys, help me tag @officialgybkogi until he sees this.”
Receiving the artist in Abuja, on Wednesday, Bello said he was impressed with Mayowa’s creativity and talent.
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