APC Kano Senatorial candidate, A.A Zaura awards N200m scholarship to 10,000 students

From Mustapha Adamu, Kano

The Kano Central senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Abdussalam Abdulkarim Zaura, has awarded the sum of N200 million worth of scholarship to 10,000 students of tertiary institutions.
Speaking at the flag off of the scholarship at his campaign office in Kano yesterday, Zaura, popularly known as A.A. Zaura said the gesture was to ameliorate the present economic hardship experienced by them and their parents.
The scholarship, which is awarded in batches, began with N60 million for 3,000 students, N20,000 each, from the 44 local government areas who are from various tertiary institutions.
He said, arrangement is being put in place to ensure disbursement of the fund to the remaining 7,000 students in the near future.
He however promised to raise the number of beneficiaries to 30,000 when elected as Senator.
“I wish to thank the Almighty God for giving me the opportunity to fulfil the promise i made to give scholarship of N200 million to 10,000 students.
“3,000 students are going to be given N20,000 each in the first batch, which will be disbursed from today after collection of their account details.
“My plan is to raise the number of beneficiaries to 30,000. This scholarship is introduced because of my passion for educating our teeming youths.
“Let me tell you that the scholarship is not restricted to Kano Central senatorial zone, it is across the whole 44 Local Government areas of this state. The selection of the candidates was done after high scrutiny and transparently.
“I call on you all to join us in supporting you by doing the right thing with your votes,” he stated.
One of the beneficiaries, a Business Administration student of Kano state Polytechnic, Ismail Muhammad, expressed gratitude on behalf of other beneficiarie, calling on the senatorial candidate to keep on the good work.
He also called on other senators to emulate Zaura, even as he commended the candidate for awarding the scholarship while he is not holding political office.