Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf of has revealed that the state government is presently sponsoring about 2,600 postgraduate students in various universities, in 14 countries.
The Governor made the statement on Thursday at the opening of the First EU Study Fair in Africa, at the Afficent Event Center, Kano.
He stated that his administration would partner with relevant stakeholders, including European countries to open more educational opportunities for the people of the state.
Represented by his Deputy, Aminu Gwarzo, the governor said his administration will not relent in ensuring that these opportunities were explored maximally.
Yusuf described the staging of the fair was timely, especially in the face of his administration’s commitment to the development of the education sector, and the huge youth population.
” To address these challenges, my administration embarked on re-boarding all the de-boarded secondary schools, as well as providing all the needed infrastructure and working materials aimed at uplifting the standard of education in the state,” he said.
The current administration, according to the governor had developed modalities to get about one million out-of-school children in the state back to school.
Earlier, the European Union (EU) Ambassador in Nigeria, Samuele Isopi, said Kano was chosen for the first EU Study fair because of its population and being the melting point of different cultures and traditions.
Isopi said that the EU is open to collaboration in order to ensure Nigerians especially students from the Northern part of the country, could gain admission and scholarships to study in Europe
