Venezuala offers Taraba students scholarship
15 June, 2010 05:24:00 EMMANUEL AWARI-Jalingo
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Venezualan government has offered scholarship to some of students of Nigeria and Taraba State students. In a ceremony held at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, the Venezuelan ambassador to Nigeria Enrique Fernando Arrundell said the scholarship initiative was launched as a solidarity and partnership between the two nations. He said President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela believe that the main problem of the people lies education sector.

He said that uneducated people are the blind instrument of destruction arguing that popular education must be first care of parents and government.

Arrundell pointed out that the students who came from low income class were selected after multiple tests conducted by the Venezuelan officials.

He said this was the first time Venezuela was receiving a group of Nigerians with vision of helping them.

In her remarks at the occasion wife of Taraba state governor Mrs. Hauwa Sutai thanked the Venezuelan government for its wisdom in providing scholarship to students of her state and Nigeria at large which she said would go a long way in enhancing the socio-economic development the people. She said that Taraba state is in drive need of development propellers, pointing out that the initiative by Venezuelan government was coming at the right time.

She urged the students to justify the confidence reposed in them by paying attentiuon to their students while in Venezuela .

In her remarks, the minister of education professor Rukaiyya Rufai advised the students to be good ambassadors of Nigeria while in foreign land and to come back home with knowlege which will encourage the sponsors to expand the scope of the scholarship scheme.

The Venezuelan ambassador to Nigeria, Enrique Fernando Arrundell during an official visit to Taraba state express the Venezuelan government concern in the uplifment of children education in the state.

Through interpreter Giovanna Perez, the Ambassador said he has come basically with two requests which are to obtain land on behalf of his government to build a primary school for 600 peoples and to offer scholarships for Taraba indigenes to travel to his home country to study medicine and agriculture in Venezuelan universities.

He explain that education is the key to progress and every transformation and a catalyst to human development, saying those who received education would occupy places of authority in future to drive the society to positive directions.

During his visit in the state, the ambassador was taken round some government establishments which include Taraba state university, Jalingo Airport and Taraba State Specialist Hospital. Mr. Arrundell expressed enthusiasm by listening attentively to efforts and problems by various chief executive of the establishments.

At the specialist hospital, he said through careful plaining, the Venezuelan government would ensure that enough doctors is trained such that a doctor is attached to 200 people and the doctors go round to visit them to afford medical attention.

In his remarks, Governor Danbaba Suntai expressed his joy to the Venezuelan government, describing the assistance package as inexplicable friendship" and prayed for continued cooperation and collaboration between Venezuela and Nigeria.

The governor thanked Mr. Damian Dodo(SAN) for being the instrument for the ties between Taraba and Venezuala.

Governor Suntai stated that what president Hugo Charez has decided to do for Taraba state and Nigeria at large was a challenge to humanity and with the attention to the less privileged, it would be easy to make the world a better place.

Taraba state government in its complement to the effort of Venezuelan government has donated land measuring 4.435 hectares, for the building of Venezuelan school in jalingo.

Looking forward to Nigeria government offering scholarships to Togo students. But who dash monkey (Nigeria) banana (scholarship to foreign students) when him (Nigeria) never see kernel (scholarship to Nigerian citizens) chop? 

Nchara:

Looking forward to Nigeria government offering scholarships to Togo students. But who dash monkey (Nigeria) banana (scholarship to foreign students) when him (Nigeria) never see kernel (scholarship to Nigerian citizens) chop?

what is this? n*gger talk? I can't understand what you are saying
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and why would Nigeria want better ties w/ that fat a$$ who runs Venenzuela?