….restates commitment to the education sector
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has approved the sum of
£300,000 and $450,000 for the payment of tuition fees for students of the
state on scholarship abroad.
Speaking with Education Correspondents on Friday in Abuja, the State
Commissioner of Education, Deacon Markson Fefegha, explained that,
Governor Dickson gave the approval to offset outstanding fees for Bayelsa
students studying in various institutions overseas.
Giving a breakdown of the payment, he said that the release of £250,000
was made to offset tuition and other fees of Bayelsa students studying for
their PhD degrees in the United Kingdom.
According to the him, the sum of $150,000 was also approved for Bayelsa
students studying at the Lincoln University in the United States, as well
as the payment of forty thousand dollars to some Bayelsa students
studying in Ghana.
According to him, Governor Dickson had earlier approved the sum of
$42,000 to students in Kursk, Russia a month ago.
The state government also used the opportunity to thank all beneficiaries,
their parents and guardians for their understanding and appreciation of
the plight of the government during the period of the delay in the
payment, adding that, the present administration is committed to
transforming the education sub-sector.
ENDS