Story from Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi
A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, representing Kirfi constituency, Alhaji Abdulkadir Umar Dewu, has offered scholarships to over 400 students pursuing various courses at different higher institutions across the country.
Speaker of the House, Abubakar Y Suleiman who flagged off the distribution of the scholarship scheme today (Monday 12 July 2021) at the conference hall of Malam Ibrahim Na Hauwa at Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi, thanked the lawmaker for his foresight and urged the beneficiaries to make the best use of the gesture.
Suleiman stressed the importance of education which he said is a vital key to the development of any society.
On his part, Umar Dewu said that the scholarship was part of efforts to support the educational development of youths in his constituency.
The lawmaker said that N5, 000 000 was earmarked for the first phase of the distribution to students from the Kirfi constituency, after satisfying certain criteria.
“I have decided to offer them this scholarship as part of my own little way of boosting the level of education in my constituency.
“We all know that education is critical to the growth and development of any society, that is why I offered a scholarship to all Kirfi indigenes in tertiary institutions that filled our forms and applied for the scholarship and under the first phase, over 400 students to benefit and the beneficiaries include those going for doctorate degrees, masters, first degree and other courses”.
He further disclosed that “I will continue to support people who are willing to embrace education.”
The lawmaker said that over 1,000 people benefitted from the free surgery he initiated at the Kirfi General Hospital, and pledged to continue with the scholarship and free surgery programs up to the end of his life.
He restated his resolve to provide more dividends of democracy to his constituents before the expiration of the tenure of the present administration in the state.
Many speakers that spoke at the occasion commended the lawmaker for impacting positively on the lives of his constituents and urged him to sustain it.
Some of the beneficiaries that spoke with reporters after the occasion expressed their gratitude for the gesture and pledged to make the best use of the money received towards their academic activities.
