Kano state governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approved the release and disbursement of the sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100m) to France universities where Kano students are undergoing Masters and Doctoral Degrees. Ganduje said this is in fulfilment of the state commitment for the Kano/France Joint Scholarship Programme 2019/2020 academic session. It could be recalled that Kano state government and French Embassy in Nigeria entered an agreement, named “Kano/France Joint Scholarship Programme, where lecturers from tertiary institutions in the state are sent to further their studies to Masters and PhD levels. The statement said Lecturers come from state-owned universities and other institutions of higher learning in the state, such as Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil (KUST), Yusuf Maitama Sule University and Kano State Polytechnic, among others. It said some of the French institutions that, Kano students run their programmes are University of Lyon, Ecole Central Nantes, University of Bourgogne, Nice Sophia Antipolis, EPITA Paris, University of Paris Sud, the University of Paris Saclay among others.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 19, 2020 18:33 UTC