Yari offers university scholarships to 60 secondary school leavers
Abdulaziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has offered university scholarships to 60 secondary school leavers under his education project.
The Zamfara West senatorial district office coordinator, Sha’aya Sarkin-Fawa, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Gusau on Thursday.
Mr Yari is representing Zamfara West senatorial district made up of Anka, Bakura, Bukkuyum, Gummi Maradun and Talata-Mafara LGAs.
Mr Sarkin-Fawa said in each of the six local government areas, 10 students who performed well in their senior secondary school examinations would be sponsored to the university by the senator.
“We have procured 60 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for the beneficiaries.
“All the 60 beneficiaries to be selected under this project will be sponsored from 100 Level up till the completion of their various degree programmes.
“One of the senator’s policies is to promote free education, especially among the children of the less-privileged and the orphans,” he said.
Mr Sarkin-Fawa added, “The JAMB forms have already been distributed through the local government coordinators in the six LGAs for the selection of qualified candidates.
“Apart from education scholarships, more intervention programmes are on the way, under the lawmaker’s constituency projects, to promote social protection and development among the constituents.”
(NAN)
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