BY YUNUSA BUNU ZANNA, OCTOBER 21, 2021, 3:30 PM
Adamu Lawan Zaufanjimba, a Borno politician, who is also a commissioner of finance, budget and planning has awarded scholarships to 50 students of Agricultural Science, University of Maiduguri.
Last year he similarly sponsored 1,481 for a computer training, through his foundation, Zaufanjimba Foundation, which focuses on supporting less privileged persons in the area of education and skills acquisition, among other things, especially among displaced persons.
The politician, also a graduate of agricultural economy, offered the scholarship to students of his department in a graduation ceremony organized by faculty last Friday at the premises of the university.
At the event, he awarded Hauwa Sheriff, who graduated with 4.34 CGPA, making her best student of the department, with the sum of N500, 000 and a Samsung phone worth N565, 000.
He equally awarded the sum of N250, 000 to Marzia Abubakar Talba as the best female graduate in the department to encourage girl child education.
The gesture is in fulfillment of a promise he made last year during a similar event to support less privileged students in his former department.
Dr. BG Shettima, head of department on behalf of the students thanked the politician for his support and called on other alumni of the faculty to emulate his gesture.
The foundation is sponsoring 50 orphans to study in various private primary and secondary schools in the state.
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