Youths have no excuse not to go to school, says senator

He said if lack of funds for tuition had hindered them from going to school, they can now grab the Tinubu administration‘s students loan to go to school.

“The loan scheme is a beacon of hope for those interested in going to school, for they have no reason not to go to school any longer,” he said.

Jibrin spoke at Amani Events Centre, Kano, at the distribution of admission letters to beneficiaries of his postgraduate foreign scholarship programme.

Barau Jibrin Foundation has sponsored 70 graduates from Kano to do Master’s in Canada, United States, India and others in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Information Security and Cyber Forensic as well as Robotics Science.

He noted the Foreign Scholarship programme was a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) identifying and supporting gifted and talented youths in Kano State to acquire postgraduate degrees in selected fields to give them competitive advantage to contribute to development of Nigeria.

Five of the beneficiaries are women, it was learnt.

“In this first, we are sponsoring 70 candidates from our three senatorial districts to pursue higher degrees abroad. This is to expose them to best global educational standards in their fields.

“The scholarship is designed to showcase our commitment to educational development of our youths, who we considered as pillars of societal development.

“At Jibrin Foundation, we give pride to development of the youth, who reshape and energise our society. What we are doing is a demonstration of the hallmark of our political ideology to build and empower the youth to secure our future and society,” he said.

He noted beneficiaries were picked on merit, not because of political party or geographical affiliation.

Jibrin called on the private sector and individuals to support the Tinubu administration’s efforts in revolutionising the education sector, as government, he said, cannot do it alone.