By Jutha Gupah Maiduguri
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has awarded survival scholarships to 100 children orphaned by nine-year Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast sub-region of the country. Ganduje announced this at the weekend in Maiduguri; when he led a delegation of Kano state government officials to present and distribute 100,000 blankets with a cash donation of N20 million to displaced persons in camps and host communities. Presenting the relief materials to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state at the Government House, Ganduje said: “These gestures; are part of the state’s policy of reaching out to counterpart states in times of dire needs.” He said the scholarships to orphans; was the second phase to the one earlier awarded to another set of 100 orphans that were adopted by the Kano state government in 2013, His words: “This is a modest message from the good people of Kano state to our sisters and brothers and in this insurgency affected state of Borno. “It is also part of our continued commitment as a government, and people of one of the most populous states in the country, to always reach out in times like this.” “We came here into the state in 2013 and took 100 orphans whom we are currently sponsoring in one of the model schools of global standard. “We are taking care of all their needs and ensuring that they acquired both western and Islamic knowledge. We are not only giving them education but we have also adopted them as true indigenes of Kano state.” He continued: “They have become ours and we are going to ensure that we see to their education up to the highest level at the university; and when they are done we will ensure the get employment in Kano state. “This is part of our commitment to promoting Nigeria as one and united country that is great and peopled by good citizens that love one another. “These children will be given all the dignity and love they deserve so that they can grow up as good citizens of this country under the care of Kano state government.”
