April 17, (THEWILL) – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved a N1.3 billion scholarship for 997 nursing and midwifery students who are indigenes of the state.
The scholarship programme received about 1,080 nominations, 40 from each of the 27 local government areas of the state. However, after an entrance examination, 997 passed and qualified to benefit from the scholarship.
The governor launched the scholarship programme on Wednesday, at the College of Nursing and Midwifery, Maiduguri.
Zulum noted that with the scholarship, the beneficiaries would, on graduation, bridge the workforce demands in the state’s healthcare service delivery due to the increasing population growth.
He said: “The government has allocated N1,305,189,000 for scholarships, 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 has awarded a N201 million bursary allowance to 2,010 students of the Maiduguri College of Nursing, who had not benefited from the scholarship.
He directed that each of the 2,010 nursing and midwifery students be credited with the bursary allowance of N100,000.
The Registrar of the Council, Dr Farouk Umar Abubakar, who was represented by the Director of Standard and Accreditation, Alhassan Ndagi, gave the commendation while delivering a goodwill message at the flag-off of the N1.3 billion scholarship for nursing and midwifery students in Maiduguri.
He applauded the performance of the nursing students from Borno, stating that every year at the national examinations, students from Borno score more than 90 percent.
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