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The Kano State Government has announced plans to sponsor 1,002 students for overseas studies, building on last year’s successful sponsorship of 1,001 students.

This was disclosed by the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, during a courtesy visit by the European Union Delegation ahead of the 2025 Study in Europe Fair in Kano.

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ibrahim Garba Shuaibu, the Deputy Governor described the initiative as a transformative step towards equipping Kano’s youth with world-class education, ensuring they participate fully in the global knowledge economy.

“We are committed to prioritizing education, which is why Kano State has allocated the highest budgetary funds to the education sector in Nigeria for 2024 and 2025. Our declaration of a State of Emergency in Education reflects our determination to provide young people with quality learning opportunities,” Gwarzo stated.

He also commended the EU's continued collaboration, noting that the Study in Europe Fair provides a valuable platform for students and scholars to explore academic opportunities abroad.

“As a state with a rich history in trade, culture, and education, Kano stands to benefit greatly from international partnerships like this. We look forward to a successful event that will empower our youth, promote educational exchange, and contribute to the overall development of Kano, Nigeria, and West Africa,” he added.

EU Ambassador Highlights Educational Partnerships

In his remarks, Gautier Mignot, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, emphasized that the Study in Europe Fair, scheduled for February 27, 2025, would foster academic exchanges and collaborations between European institutions and Kano scholars.

He noted that the fair had previously been hosted in Kano, enabling students to engage directly with representatives from European universities.

“Our goal is to establish new academic partnerships and exchange programs that allow Kano students to study in Europe while also welcoming European scholars to Kano,” Mignot stated.

He revealed that 20 university representatives from various EU member states were attending the event, many of them visiting Kano for the first time, with the aim of strengthening educational ties between Europe and Nigeria.

Other members of the EU delegation included:

1. Amb. Michal Cygan – Polish Embassy to Nigeria

2. Jurgew Bartelink – Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Nigeria

3. Leila Ben Mathieu – Head of Human Development, European Union Delegation to Nigeria

4. Kristof Korosi – Deputy Ambassador of Hungary to Nigeria

The initiative reaffirms Kano State’s commitment to human capital development, ensuring its youth have access to global educational opportunities for a brighter future.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

Way to go and not sponsoring their marriages in poverty

Massive looting and means of japa loading

Good move governor yusuf. Kano state now setting the pace

Not like Sanwo Olu the dunce, everybody is shitting on his head. I spit on his fucking office.

In Yemen, Sudan and Egypt as usual..
Good initiative but bad mentality will ultimately hobble the whole plan

This one na easy Japa means. Kano people, this is a perfect opportunity to say goodbye to E-Bola and agbadorians.

Na to Japaaaaa remain there 💯

This innovation is what has made the Kwankwasia movement solid in Kano state and beyond.

Allah bless Kano state

Dis is good not sponsoring Hajj all d time

WASTE OF PUBLIC FUND.

Cows...!!!!

Which of the overseas?

South west governors no dey do this kind thing

Decidetolive:
Way to go and not sponsoring their marriages in poverty

Coming from a the 5 plot of land.
Kano State is richer than those evil forest called SE



Apart from dancing gwo gwo gwo ngwo, what else are those south east governors doing in that 5 plot of land

Ironfaceman:
Good move governor yusuf. Kano state now setting the pace

Not like Sanwo Olu the dunce, everybody is shitting on his head. I spit on his fucking office.

Who is shitting on his office?

No go there go dump them ooh!

I hope the state is getting real value from this. Lagos State is attracting talents while you're shipping talents and funds overseas. Smh

Hopefully, it is done on merit.

Good

this is the type of news we want to hear not mass weddings

Meti99:
South west governors no dey do this kind thing

You guys don't need it.

That Kano government that shares wheelbarrow can send this people to Niger like that.

What sort of nonsense is all of these?
Governance typically refers to how a government manages public resources, makes decisions, and serves its citizens. Effective governance is often characterized by transparency, accountability, fairness, and responsiveness. So, why do people in positions of governance prefer to have their families live abroad and be governed by someone else? This clearly suggests that they may not have the best interests of the people at heart.

Wouldn’t it be more reasonable for anyone involved in governance to stay in their own country with their families, just like the people they serve? This isn't rocket science. In my honest opinion and observation, insecurity, banditry, kidnapping, murder, militancy, robbery, and all the other social ills would be drastically reduced if those in power had to face the same threats and pressures as the people they govern. The will to do what’s right would naturally emerge when everyone is confronted with these challenges. If you have a different perspective, feel free to share it in the comments—I’d love to learn from you.

Editorialtimes:
The Kano State Government has announced plans to sponsor 1,002 students for overseas studies, building on last year’s successful sponsorship of 1,001 students.

This was disclosed by the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, during a courtesy visit by the European Union Delegation ahead of the 2025 Study in Europe Fair in Kano.

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ibrahim Garba Shuaibu, the Deputy Governor described the initiative as a transformative step towards equipping Kano’s youth with world-class education, ensuring they participate fully in the global knowledge economy.

Is this stupid, stupider or supidest

How do you have almajiris and out of school children but sponsor a few to the abroad for education?
Does the governor deserve flogging or not

UNICEF decries high out-of-school children rate in Kano, Jigawa, Katsina
24th January 2025

“There are currently about 10.2 million children at the primary level who are out-of-school in Nigeria, 16 per cent of them are from Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states. Close to one million children are out-of-school in Kano State (989,234), with a total of 337,861 children in Jigawa while Katsina State has 536,112 out-of-school children.

“While the spectre of out-of-school children is a major concern, the challenge is that even those children who have the opportunity to be enroled in school do not have quality education. Only one out of four children in Nigeria, aged 7-14 years can read and understand a simple sentence or solve basic arithmetic, according to the MICS report.

https://punchng.com/unicef-decries-high-out-of-school-children-rate-in-kano-jigawa-katsina/#google_vignette

IYOO....


Time to move money.....


ÒNYE ANWULU!!!

...Nigeria my uncles land

How

Profound001:
What sort of nonsense is all of these?
Governance typically refers to how a government manages public resources, makes decisions, and serves its citizens. Effective governance is often characterized by transparency, accountability, fairness, and responsiveness. So, why do people in positions of governance prefer to have their families live abroad and be governed by someone else? This clearly suggests that they may not have the best interests of the people at heart.

Wouldn’t it be more reasonable for anyone involved in governance to stay in their own country with their families, just like the people they serve? This isn't rocket science. In my honest opinion and observation, insecurity, banditry, kidnapping, murder, militancy, robbery, and all the other social ills would be drastically reduced if those in power had to face the same threats and pressures as the people they govern. The will to do what’s right would naturally emerge when everyone is confronted with these challenges. If you have a different perspective, feel free to share it in the comments—I’d love to learn from you.

DemonSlayer:
What are going out to study? Courses available in Kano or not? Wouldn't investing the resources into North West University and upgrading it to international standard make more sense or creating more jobs for the unemployed graduates on ground? You're shipping limited resources over to Europe when are own educational institutions are in a deplorable state. People will go to the ends of the earth to study only to come back and work the same jobs as us who went to public universities in Nigeria. Some of them are even unemployed. Where's the sense in this?

See as you dey foam for mouth just because Kano state is developing their people.

Instead of getting angry and envious that God is lifting them higher, why don't you go and meet your own lazy and corrupt governor to help you too

Very laudable project. The North need more of this to liberate Northern Nigeria from its current situation of mass illiteracy and religious brainwashing and fanatism.



They should please send them to progressive western nations and not to some archaic thinking retrogressive Moslem countries where they will only go to learn extreme Islamic Jihad

We already know those you will sponsor, idiots

omooba969:
You guys don't need it.

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