Borno state governor Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N1.3billion as scholarship for 997 nursing and midwifery students from the state.
Zulum stated this on Wednesday while inaugurating the scholarship programme at the College of Nursing and Midwifery, Maiduguri.
He said that out of the 1,080 nominations, 40 from each of the 27 local government areas of the state, 997 qualified to benefit from the scholarship.
He also announced that the 997 beneficiaries of the scholarship would receive automatic employment after graduation.
The governor said that the support is to encourage the students to complete their studies to bridge the workforce demand in the state’s healthcare system.
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“The government has allocated N1,305,189,000 for the scholarship, with a breakdown of N124,149,000 earmarked for tuition fees, the remaining N1,181,040,000 will be disbursed as a monthly stipend of N30,000 to each beneficiary throughout their studies,” Zulum said.
He added that N201 million bursary allowance would be given to 2,010 nursing and midwifery students who did not benefit from the scholarship, and directed that each of them should receive N100,000.
Zulum, who stated that the ongoing construction of two colleges of nursing would be completed this year, inaugurated a lecture theatre complex and a 3,000-capacity multipurpose hall at the college.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Education, Lawan Wakilbe, said that the government had approved over N6 billion in scholarships, out of which about N2.7 billion was disbursed to students from the state studying in higher institutions across the country.
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