The committee for verification
of the actual number of students entitled for scholarship in Sokoto has
uncovered 706 fake students and those not qualified for the scheme.
Chairman of the committee, Ambassador Shehu Wurno disclosed this
while presenting the report to the state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in
Sokoto.
Wurno said the committee confirmed that the sum of N544,
613,724.00 was the total cost of students registration for the year 2016/2017
academic session while the sum of N143,560,855.00 was calculated as allowances
to the number of verified students totalling the sum of N688,174,579.00 amount
owed as students registration and allowances for the current 2016/2017
session," the chairman said.
According to him, the committee visited 40 tertiary institutions
within and outside the country.
Speaking, Governor Tambuwal commended members of the committee
for a diligent job and assured that all the recommendations of the committee
would be implemented by the state government.
Tambuwal asserted that his administration would continue to give
priority to the education sector.
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