Gombe disburses N120mscholarships

THE Gombe State government has made
available N120 million scholarships for the
state’s indigenes studying in various higher
institutions of learning across the nation. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Isa
Mohammed Wade, who made this known to
reporters yesterday in the state capital, said the
decision of the state government was to make
the students committed to their academic
programmes. He said the disbursement would be done
through the newly introduced e-card, with the
code-name: “The Talba Bursary Card.” Wade said the newly-introduced mechanism was
part of the state government’s policy to
address some of the hindrances often
encountered in the payment of scholarships to
students from the state. He said: “It is an e-wallet that enables students
to access their scholarships whenever the
government pays,” adding that “It is just like