Sokoto buys N44m JAMB forms for students
Sokoto state government has bought JAMB forms
worth N44m for 8,000 of its students seeking
admission into various tertiary institutions in the
country.
A statement issued Sunday by Malam Imam Imam,
the spokesman of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,
disclosed that in addition to the payment of the
forms, the state government will take over the four
Computer Based Examination Centres (CBT) under
construction by the Federal Government under the
defunct SURE-P intervention programme.
He said the centres, located in Sokoto, Gwadabawa,
Wamakko and Tambuwal LGAs, will have a combined
capacity of 1,400 computers and will be put to use
during the 2016 nationwide JAMB examination.
Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has
assured that his administration will continue to
sponsor Sokoto indigenes who seek to further their
studies outside the shores of Nigeria.
The Governor spoke in Kampala, Uganda, weekend at
the graduation ceremony of 236 Sokoto students who
bagged various degrees at the Islamic University, in
the Eastern African nation.
He said his administration will continue to support
exceptional students and will continue to make
education his number one priority.