• 89 Law School Students Get N100K Bursary Each
A statement released by the permanent secretary of Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Dr Musa Dasuki revealed that not less than 8,304 final year students of Kwara State extraction have received N5000 as bursary directly into their accounts after several weeks of electronic processes and verification of their applications by the government.
Recall that the current administration had recently introduced a strictly e-bursary in a bid to foster transparency, as all qualified students were directed to apply online.
Governor AbdulRazaq had approved N50m for the second part of 2019 bursary but insisted online application in order avert mismanagement perpetrated by middlemen.
The statement read, “A total of 10,491 successful applications were received within a period of four weeks but only 8,304 of them were verified to be genuine and therefore recommended for payments. Consequently, payment is now being effected from today Friday, November 29, 2019,” the permanent secretary added.
The statement revealed that the exercise, which involved Kwara students from across different part of the country benefited, saw the government disbursed N41,520,000 out of the N50m approved for the bursary at N5000 each per beneficiary.
In the same vein, AbdulRazaq, has approved the disbursement of N100,000 each to 89 students of Kwara State origin who are currently at the Law School nationwide.
Similarly, the governor also issued a directive that the money be paid electronically into the accounts of the law students.
“The Ministry of Tertiary Education has invited the leadership of the Law School students to a meeting to finalise payment procedures,” the statement added.
“We thank His Excellency the Governor for this new dawn in Kwara State, especially regarding the new regime of bursary payment, which is not only transparent but is also revolutionary, full-proof, and exemplary.”
