Bagudu Approves N5m Relief For Stranded Kebbi Students In Plateau

Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State Governor has approved N5 million as relief assistance to 95 indigenes of the state studying in the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau State and stranded due to the crisis.

This is coming few days after Jos, the Plateau State was embroiled in crises.

Some of these students, who were females were stranded after the authorities of the University suspended all academic activities and the students could not access food, not allowed to leave the institution back to the state due to concern for their safety.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary Ministry for Higher Education, Hajiya Halima Boyi Dikko, in Birnin Kebbi.

According to her, the money, routed through the State Ministry of Higher Education was aimed at alleviating the suffering of the students.

“The relief assistance approved by Bagudu was part of his sustained efforts to shore up the educational development of the state. These tangible efforts include the regular payment of huge amount of money in the payment of scholarship to thousands of indigenes of Kebbi State studying at various tertiary institutions, within and outside Nigeria”.

Meanwhile, in another news, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has begged the government and people of Ondo for forgiveness, following the recent attack on their people.

About 23 people from Ondo passing through Jos were killed on August 14, while 23 were reportedly injured.

The commuters were attacked enroute Ondo along Rukuba road in Jos North Local Government Area, of which more than 30 were rescued by security agents.

Lalong apologised for the attack through his deputy, Professor Sonny Tyoden, who led a delegation from the state to Ondo for a condolence visit, and to formally deliver the survivors of the unfortunate attacks.

The apology is contained in a statement by the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, on Saturday in Jos.

Tyoden said the visit was to convey the condolences and apologies of the Government and people of Plateau to their families as well as the entire people of Ondo State.

He pleaded for forgiveness for the actions of the criminals who perpetrated the act, saying they acted on their own as they did not represent any religious, ethnic or social interest in the attack.

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