Governor Abubakar's Wife Offers Scholarships to 115 IDPs

Wife of Bauchi State governor, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar, has awarded scholarships to 115 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and vulnerable children.

The scholarship was provided to the beneficiaries through her ‎Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Bauchi Sustainable Women Economic Empowerment and Peace Initiative (BSWEEP).

Speaking during the occasion, Mrs Abubakar stated that the scholarship was given to the beneficiaries to help them acquire education which she said is the bedrock of national development.



She added that the beneficiaries were drawn from IDPs in the state, vulnerable children as well as 15 selected female pupils with special needs from Special Education Centre, Yelwa, Bauchi.

Mrs Abubakar further informed that 50 of the beneficiaries are in junior secondary schools, while 50 others are in senior secondary school.

In his remarks at the event, Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar commended the gesture of his wife towards the less privileged.