Barau Foundation Not Owing FUDMA Undergraduate Scholarship Beneficiaries
From Muhammad Kabir, Kano
Senator Barau Jibrin Foundation, has denied owing Federal University Dutsin-Ma any left over sponsored Students Tuition Fees as been speculated by some online Media.
In a Released signed by Ismail Mudassir, the Foundation attention was drawn to a malicious, mischievous and concocted publication alleging that beneficiaries of the undergraduate scholarship programme of the Barau I. Jibrin Foundation at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA) Study Centres in Kano North Senatorial District are being owed allowances.
“The report is false and misleading and is the handiwork of mischief makers who are unhappy with a programme that has provided educational opportunities to 810 indigent students, enabling them to pursue degree programmes while continuing to pursue other means of livelihood within their respective local government areas.”
The released explained that, through his foundation, Senator Barau I. Jibrin awarded scholarships to 810 indigent students to pursue degree programmes at the six study centres of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma in Kano North Senatorial District.
It’s says, in June this year, when the management of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma invited the beneficiaries to the university’s main campus in Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, for basic training on distance learning, His Excellency provided a one-off allowance of N50,000 to each of the 810 beneficiaries. The beneficiaries were also transported to the university’s main campus for the training, which lasted four weeks.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there was never any promise of a monthly stipend of N50,000 to the beneficiaries. The N50,000 payment was a one-off allowance specifically provided to support the students during the four-week training programme.
“Specifically, the scholarship programme covers the payment of registration fees for all beneficiaries from Level One through to the completion of their respective programmes.”
“We, therefore, urge the beneficiaries to remain focused on their studies and disregard the malicious publication, which is clearly intended to distract them and undermine the scholarship programme.
He said Barau I. Jibrin Foundation remains committed to supporting indigent students and expanding access to quality education in Kano North Senatorial District and beyond.
