Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has pardoned the 37 students of Kano State studying at Mansoura University, Egypt, despite their involvement in politics last year, and releases N209.5m for the payment of their outstanding tuition and maintenance fees.
The concerned students had written an apology letter which they sent to the governor regretting their action.
In the letter they said “We are the 37 students of Mansoura University, who were earlier removed from the government’s sponsorship due to some misinformation communicated between the University authorities and the government. That misinformation had generated some sequence of events which led to the government’s decision to bring us back home.”
“Your Excellency Sir, we know our issues had generated a lot of politicking and controversies in the past. Some political actors have used us in order to achieve their political ambition. The former governor of Kano state had even promised to continue with our sponsorship to the end of our studies, but he failed to do so.”
All the 37 students unanimously told Ganduje in the letter that they have understood and accepted “all our mistakes and apologise for all the wrongdoings done to the government in our names.
“We have been foolish and naive. And we hope Your Excellency will forgive us….So we solicit the kind gesture of Your Excellency to rescue our lives as sons and daughters and indigenes of Kano state.”
Apart from Mansoura University students, Ganduje also released the sum of N48,220,002.00, being outstanding tuition and maintenance fees in respect of six sponsored students of October 6 University, Egypt. Making the total sum of N257 million for the students of these two Egypt universities.
Ganduje also pledged an upward review of students scholarship allowances, which was last done 15 years ago.
