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NO ABANDONMENT, NO NEW AWARDS: FG SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MOROCCO SCHOLARSHIPS. (PHOTO).

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 NO ABANDONMENT, NO NEW AWARDS: FG SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MOROCCO SCHOLARSHIPS The Federal Government has firmly debunked misleading narratives circulating in some quarters regarding Nigerian scholarship students in the Kingdom of Morocco, describing such claims as false, unfounded, and deliberately crafted to misinform the public. The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has clarified that no Nigerian student on a valid Federal Government scholarship has been abandoned. All beneficiaries duly enrolled under the Bilateral Education Scholarship (BES) Programme prior to 2024 have received payments up to the 2024 budget year, in line with the Federal Government’s obligations. Any temporary delays in outstanding payments are attributable to fiscal constraints and are currently being addressed through ongoing engagements between the Federal Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance. The Honourable Minister further stated that no new bilateral scholarshi...

PRESIDENT JONATHAN SACKS GEN.AGWAI,AS CHAIRMAN OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY RE-INVESTMENT AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.

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                According to sources,President Goodluck Jonathan today tuesday,sacked Martin Luther Agwai,a retired General and former Chief of army staff,as Chairman of the Federal Government's Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowermemt Program {SURE-P}.Reuben Abati,the Special Adviser to president  on media and publicity,who made the announcement in a state did not give reasons for the removal of Agwai from office.He however said the president has approved the appointment of Ishaya Dare Akau,a former chairman of Kaduna state Universal Education Board and National Assembly Commission as the now Chairman of SURE-P.

CHIBOK COMMUNITY IN BORNO STATE,REJECTS F.G OFFER TO REBUILD THEIR SCHOOL.

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              According to the Caretaker Chairman of the Chibok Council Area,Mallan Ba'ana Lawan,accused government of several broken promises regarding the rescue of the girls,since their abduction  in April.''It is disheartening to inform you that since  the abduction of these girls,the Federal Government did not bother to send delegations to Chibok to sympathize with the parents,instead the parents were invited to Abuja and conveyed in cargo military plane with no comfort what so ever.We still observed that recently,President Gooluck Jonathan visited Mubi and Baga,but failed to visit Chibok to sympathize with our people.We also observed that the President and Chief of Defence Staff,Air Vice Marshall Alex Badeh had severally promised that these girls will soon be released,but it is now more than 300 days,and nothing of such happened.We thank God and appreciate Governor Kashim Shettima and his wife,Nana Kashim Shettima who did not only visit...