Saturday, October 12, 2024 -The Kano State Anti-corruption and Public Complaints Commission has commenced investigation into an alleged foreign scholarship fraud worth N1.5 billion.
The Commission is questioning two top
officials of the state Ministry of Higher Education regarding the issue of
1,001 students supposedly studying in India and Kenya.
The State Government is sponsoring 1,001
postgraduate students to pursue their master’s degrees in India and Uganda.
The initiative is part of the government’s
foreign scholarship scheme which was inaugurated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Yusuf had recently hosted a farewell dinner
for the first batch of 550 beneficiaries of the scholarship at the Government
House, commending former Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso for introducing the scheme.
According to sources,only 418 students were
actually sent abroad for studies, raising questions about the whereabouts of
the remaining students.
When contacted, the Commission’s Public
Relations Officer, Kabiru A. Kabiru, confirmed the report, saying the two top
officials were interrogated over the alleged scholarship scam.
“We have commenced an intensive
investigation to find out the truth of matter and whoever is found to have been
involved, would be prosecuted, no matter his position,” Kabiru warned.
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