The Nahda International University College (NIUC) in Khartoum, Sudan will confer a honorary degree on governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Monday (today), for his intellectual accomplishments.
This will happen as he also leads a high-powered delegation of his administration to Khartoum, to witness the graduation of 38 students who are indigenes of the state.
The students, a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Bello Muhammad made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday said, studied Medicine and other health sciences at Ibn Sina University (ISU) and Nahda International University College (NIUC), all in Khartoum.
It added that 29 of the students will be awarded with degree certificates of Bachelors in Medicine, Bachelor in Surgery (MBBS), while two each will receive degrees in Dentistry, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratories, Computer/ICT, respectively and one student will receive a degree certificate of Nursing.
The statement further said the students got the state’s scholarship to study during the administration of former governor Aliyu Wamakko.
A member of the entourage to Sudan explained that when the scholarships were first awarded, the manageable exchange rate of the Naira to the dollar was used to bankroll the undertakings.
“But soon after the forex became prohibitive, thus pushing up the costs of the undertakings, the situation left some of the students in the lurch. However, with prudent management of scarce resources, Governor Tambuwal reversed the ugly trend and got the students back into their classrooms. By tomorrow, Monday, the governor and his entourage will join all of them in celebrating their feats, just as his credentials too get star-studded with a honorary degree.”
On the governor’s entourage to Sudan are: the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Abdussamad Dasuki and his Ministry of Higher Education counterpart, Prof. Bashir Garba.
Others are the Secretary to the State Government, Saidu Umar (FCNA), the Executive Chairman of the state’s Scholarship Board (SSSB), Altine Kajiji, the Director General of the SSSB, Bello Isah and the Director Foreign Students Matters of the board, Kabiru Labaran.
Also in the entourage is the Deputy Accountant General of the state government, Muhammad Musa Maccido.
