Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed in a group photograph with officials of NUBASS
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has reiterated that the welfare of students and provision of quality education are part of the priority areas of his administration.
To demonstrate this, the Governor ordered for uninterrupted payment of scholarship allowances as well as the upsetting the backlog of students’ bursaries.
Bala Mohammed made the commitment while receiving the newly elected officials and members of the National Union of Bauchi State Students (NUBASS) at the Government House Bauchi on Tuesday.
The Governor said that in order to actualize the commitment, the state Ministry of Education is directed to work in synergy with the scholarship management board to produce credible number of indegeneous students studying in various institutions across the country before disbursement of the allowance.
While congratulating the new leadership for the peaceful conduct of their election, Bala Mohammed, warned them against taking part in any form of unlawful activities that may not guarantee their future.
Earlier, the National President of the Union, Comrade Mahmud Abubakar said that they were in the Government House to introduce themselves as the new executive that will run affairs of the union for the next one year.
He encouraged the Governor to sustain his effort of repositioning the education sector for the students to acquire quality education.
