Zamfara State government has offered scholarships to (30) Zamfara gifted students at the Federal Government Academy Suleja.
Governor Dauda Lawal made the declaration of the state government commitment while receiving the Zamfara gifted students and the leadership of Muhammad Kabir Danbaba Centre for Women and Youth Development Center at the Government House, Gusau on Thursday.
According to the statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, states that, Muhammad Kabir Danbaba Center played a vital role in the emergence of Zamfara State among the top-performing Northern State in the National Examination Council (NECO) entrance exams for gifted students.
The statement added that many of the students with the highest entrance examination performance were from public schools.
Governor Lawal congratulated the students and their parents for bringing pride to Zamfara State.
“Your remarkable performance was a positive indication that our administration’s declaration of emergency on education has never been in vain”.
“In the past, Zamfara was consistently at the bottom regarding education in Nigeria. This is why I declared a state of emergency in the educational sector last year.
“We are renovating more than 300 fully equipped schools across all 14 local governments. In addition, we have implemented measures to train the teachers to improve the quality of public school education”.
“I want to share my experience of attending public schools. I was the only one in my family who attended LEA schools because I grew up with my grandparents in Katsina. After primary school, I attended Government Secondary School, Kachia, while all my siblings attended King’s College or Federal Government College. So, we are on a mission to revive that quality of the public schools.
“I would like to announce that I am offering a full scholarship for all 30 gifted students. No parent will have to pay anything; the scholarship will cover all expenses. This is just the beginning, as we plan to continue offering this support to all our students.”
Earlier, Alhaji Sarkin Pawa Malami, Chairman of the Muhammad Kabir Danbaba Centre for Women and Youth Development, and Arch. A. A Gusau, the center’s focal person, explained the center’s activities in depth and suggested ways for the state government to enhance its operations.
