A 23-year-old Kano-based commercial Tricyclist, Awwalu Salisu has been offered a scholarship up to PhD level to the tune of N250 million.
He got the scholarship after he
returned a cash of N15 million left in his tricycle by a Chadian businessman in
2023.
The presidential candidate of
the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, was the first to offer Awwalu scholarship at
the Abuja-based Baze University up to PhD level.
Thereafter, Niger State
Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago said the Labour Party cannot be allowed to
outshine the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and then Bago announced a
N250m scholarship award to Awwalu to appreciate his act of honesty and to
encourage other young Nigerians to imbibe the virtue.
He said Awwalu will get a N50m
scholarship each from him personally, President Bola Tinubu, his Ministers, APC
Governors Forum and Niger State government.
Bago added that he would name
one of the road projects he was undertaking in Niger State after the Kano Keke
rider.
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