Kano burns through N1.8 billion on scholarships in eight months

The Kano State Government said it spent over N1.8 billion on installment of grant recompenses to its understudies in tertiary organizations in the initial eight month of the year.

The state Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, uncovered this while preparation columnists in Kano on Friday.

Mr. Garba said the state government was intensely troubled by the grant obligation it acquired from the quick past organization.

He included that a portion of the projects being embraced by the understudies abroad could be offered in higher foundations in the nation.

"The past organization sent numerous understudies to another country for programs they could have done effectively in higher establishments in the nation,'' he said.

The official said the requirement for responsibility had required the instructions on what the administration had spent so far on grant programs for its indigenes.

As indicated by him, the sum spent on grant was running into billions of Naira in light of the fact that a significant number of their understudies were tutoring abroad.

He said the state government had paid recompenses and other upkeep of the locally established understudies.

Mr. Garba argued for persistence of recipients who were yet to be paid by the administration. He uncovered that the legislature likewise spent over N500 million on accreditation of courses in the state-claimed higher organization.