A member Federal House of Representatives, Abdulmalik Bungudu has disbursed N13.2 million as a scholarship to 275 students of his Constituency in Zamfara state.
Bungudu is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Bungudu/Maru federal constituency in Zamfara state.
The students were drawn from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), Zamfara University, Talata-Mafara and final-year students in the College of Nursing Sciences, Gusau.
Speaking on Monday at the cash disbursement exercise to the beneficiaries in Bungudu town, Zubairu said the gesture was part of his intervention to support education in the constituency.
The federal lawmaker who was represented by the Chairman of his Education Committee and Registrar of Federal College of Education Technical Gusau, Alhaji Muhammad Adamu, said the beneficiaries comprised 103 undergraduate students from UDUS.
“The beneficiaries also included 98 final-year students of the College of Nursing Sciences, Gusau and 74 students of Zamfara University, Talata Mafara.
“Each of the 103 students of UDUS and 74 students of the State University are to receive N40,000 while the 98 final year Nursing students will receive N30,000 each,” the lawmaker explained.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, the President of Bungudu/Maru Students’ Association, Abdulmalik Yahaya, described the gesture as a welcome development.
“On behalf of the entire students of Bungudu and Maru Local Government Areas, we extend gratitude to the lawmaker for his kind gesture.
“This will reduce the economic hardship being faced by the students in paying their school fees,” Yahaya added.
He appealed to other political office holders to emulate Hon Abdulmalik Bungudu for supporting less privileged persons in the state.
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