The Borno state Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Babagana Mallambe, on Sunday, 17, January announced that Professor Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N624.3m for the payment of scholarship to 23,776 citizens of Borno State in 49 tertiary schools across Nigeria.

According to the statement, N320m has been paid to students in nine institutions under the first batch, with an additional N304.3m to be disbursed in the second batch starting from Monday, January 18, to 40 higher institutions across the country.

Those paid include part 4 and 5 students of University of Maiduguri; Borno State University, Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri, Sir Kashim Ibrahim College, College of Education Waka-Biu, Mohammed Goni College of Legal and Islamic Studies, College of Business Administration Konduga, Umar Ibn Ibrahim College of Education, Science and Technology-Bama and those in Mohammed Lawan College of Agriculture.

The Commissioner also disclosed that the governor had also approved financial support to resident doctors of Borno origins located in different parts of the country, to enable them to fund capacity development programs that would be potentially beneficial to the State in the long run.