Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has awarded a N2million scholarship grant to 10 indigent students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Branch Chairman of the union, Prof. Haruna-Mohammed Jibril, disclosed this during in an interaction with jornalists on Saturday in Zaria.
Jibril said ASUU, during its National Executive Council meeting at Gombe State University in February 2018, instituted a scholarship scheme for indigent students at all the branches of the union.
He noted that under the scheme, the national union awarded N200,000 to two beneficiaries of the grant to assist the indigent student in their academic pursuits.
The chairman said ASUU encouraged branches to emulate the gesture; accordingly, the ABU Chapter offered additional scholarships to two students from 2018 to 2022.
Jibrin said, “This year, when we came back from our meeting at Kaduna State University, we briefed the congress and the congress approved the upward review of the grant to N1.6m.’’
He added that the N1.6m for eight beneficiaries was in addition to the initial N400,000 for two beneficiaries from the national body, bringing the total to N2m.
According to him, ASUU ABU Chapter disbursed the grant because the students had commenced registration for the new session, hence its decision for early release of the funds to beneficiaries.
Jibrin further explained that the beneficiaries are bright students who have a minimum CGPA of 3.0 and they also have a history of financial challenges.
He added that besides the scholarship grants to indigent students, ASUU had also provided N50m worth of palliatives to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across northern Nigeria.
