The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the general 2023 election, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, has paid for the registration of 100 female students who are indigenous to Kano State.
Independent Mirror reports that Gawuna, the former Deputy Governor of Kano, requested the University to select and forward the names of 100 final-year female students who were unable to pay for their registration.
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“The university selected 100 final-year female students and forwarded their names to the former Deputy Governor,” said a staff member of the university.
The university acknowledged the receipt of the cheques and expressed its appreciation to Gawuna for coming to the aid of the students.
A staff member of Bayero University reported that the former deputy governor forwarded two cheques in the sum of 6,000,000 (Six Million Naira) and 5,827,000 (Five Million Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven Thousand Naira) respectively.
It should be noted that the Kano State Government has pledged to sponsor the registration of the indigenous people of the state, but the government is yet to make payment at the time of filing this report
