Kaduna State sponsors physically challenged,  law school students

In a press statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the board, Malam Hassan Rilwan on Tuesday, the board said that the  selection was done online in a rigorous and transparent manner.

According to him, ‘’90 candidates applied. 44 out of the 90 candidates scaled through the first stage of  a rigorous and transparent application review.  32  candidates  were eventually shortlisted after the second stage of document review and confirmation of citizenship of Kaduna State, which is either by state of origin or by residency. ‘’

Malam Rilwan said that  further verification was done at  the Nigerian Law School,  adding that ‘’only 27 out of the 32 shortlisted candidates were recognized by the school as her legitimate students. ‘’

‘’The tuition fees of the 27 students was immediately paid directly to the Nigerian Law School account and  each student will be given a laptop and an upkeep allowance was given to them,  to ensure they have a hitch free session,’’ he added.

The statement said that the  cheque  for the upkeep allowance was presented last Monday, to the students in the presence of the Director General of Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma at the school’s Headquarters in Abuja.

 The Executive Secretary explained that priority is given to quality outcomes targeting the needy in all scholarship awards.

According to him, this is ‘’ to encourage postgraduate pursuits in needed specialties of Law like intellectual law, cybersecurity Law, healthcare Law, conflict management amongst many other emerging sectors needing deepened legal research and knowledge.’’

The  Executive Secretary revealed that the board has also approved two students with disability for foreign scholarship under the Disability Based Scholarship category.

‘’Umar Mu’azu who has been diagnosed with congenital hearing loss would be sponsored to study MSc in Management of Information Systems while Aminu Musa who has been diagnosed with bilateral lower limb abnormalities secondary to Poliomyelitis would be studying BSc in Computer Science with Major in Digital Systems Security,’’ he  added.

In his remarks, Professor  Chiroma stated that he was impressed with the meticulousness of the Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board in contrast with  what other states are doing.

‘’With this Board, transparency and traceability were  evident throughout. Kaduna State is not richer than other states, it’s the commitment of the Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai towards education that is evident. We expect nothing less from a man with his pedigree”, he added.

 The Secretary of the Council of Legal Studies, Mrs Elizabeth Max-Uba states that “what impressed me the most is the fact that the sponsorship is not available as a roll call, just because you are from Kaduna State.’’

She noted that  when the authorities of Nigerian Law School  send list of indigenes to some  state  governments, ‘’ even those who do not need the assistance crowd the process and small amounts gets to all.’’

 Mrs Max-Uba however said that in the case of Kaduna State, candidates  must demonstrate need by first applying and each one  must justify his or her qualification by writing an  essay.