The Kaduna State Governor,Mukhtar
Ramalan Yero, has approved the award of foreign scholarships to 125 undergraduate and postgraduate students of the state.
The 125 overseas scholarship
beneficiaries would study medical sciences, engineering, applied and natural sciences in Malaysia, Ghana, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Egypt and Uganda.
Governor Yero said during the award
presentation that the 2014/2015 Overseas Scholarship was aimed at improving the human capital to accelerate socio-economic
development of the state.
He said the candidates were selected after a thorough screening exercise with all the 23 local government areas equitably
represented.
A further breakdown shown that there are 22 PhD, 77 MSc and 26 MBBS candidates for the scholarship.
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