Gov. Buni to honour Nafisa Abdullah, Rukayya Fema for emerging overall best in English language, debate in London
Yobe State Governor Hon. (Dr) Mai Mala Buni CON, COMN, has approved a grand ceremony to honour 17-year-old Nafisa Abdullah and 15-year-old Rukayya Muhammad Fema for emerging overall best in English language skills and debate competitions at the 2025 TeenEagle Global Finals in London, United Kingdom.
Neptune Prime reports that Nafisa and Rukayya, both from Yobe State, are students of the Nigerian Tulip International College, who represented Nigeria at the world competition defeating 20,000 other participants from 69 countries.
According to a statement by Mamman Mohammed, DG Press and Media Affairs to the Governor, Nafisa and Rukayya are both beneficiaries of the Governor Mai Mala Buni’s scholarship programme that covers full tuition for 890 students at the Nigerian Tulip International College.
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Governor Buni described the outstanding performances as a great honour to the state and country.
“These are great feats that make us proud and justify the government’s investment in the education sector,” Gov. Buni said.
He assured that his administration would continue to subsidise education for every child in the state to have the opportunity to attend school, and appealed to parents for cooperation.
“Government has reconstructed schools destroyed by the protracted insurgency, provided furniture, books, laboratory equipment and employed more qualified teachers to improve the quality of education in the state, and it is still a work in progress,” he said.
Currently, there are about 40,000 Yobe state students on government scholarship studying various courses in universities and other tertiary institutions in Nigeria and overseas.
It would be recalled that a few months ago the state celebrated the graduation of 167 beneficiaries of the state-funded scholarship programme who graduated in medical sciences, computer science and engineering from Indian universities.
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