July 15, (THEWILL) – The Barau I Jibrin Foundation (BIJF), founded by the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Barau Jibrin, has opened applications for postgraduate foreign scholarships in Artificial Intelligence, Forensic and Robotics Sciences.
Established to provide humanitarian, educational and empowerment across the country, the secretary, Scholarship Committee of the BIJF, Dr Maikudi Lawan, said the three fields are selected to provide specialised skills to Nigerians.
He said the scholarship programme was conceived to promote academic excellence and support deserving individuals from the Kano North senatorial district.
The foundation restricted the scholarship program to the three fields as part of efforts to contribute towards the country’s technological advancement. These include M.Tech. (Information Security & Cyber Forensic), M.Tech. (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning), and M.Tech. (Robotics Sciences).
A statement by his Media aide, Ismail Mudashir, read: “We are raising the bar and offering postgraduate scholarships in these three specialised fields to provide the needed skills to our youths. On graduation, the beneficiaries will become professionals and experts in these fields, thus contributing to the technological advancement of our country.”
Mudashir, who disclosed that the deadline for the submission of the application is July 30, 2024, said Senator Jibrin made the pledge when he hosted the leadership of the Students Union Government (SUG) of Bayero University Kano (BUK), at the National Assembly.
