NGO Introduces Scholarship For Female Students

A Kano-based NGO, Ma’ajin Watari Foundation, has introduced a scholarship programme for indigent female students to study medicine in Nigerian universities. The Coordinator, Dr Abba Ahmed, said in Kano that 100 female students would be selected from variousfemale secondary schools in the state for the pilot programme in 2011.

Ahmed, who is also the District Head of Kabo Local Government Area,added that the pilot programme was aimed at assisting indigent female students to pursue a career in medicine and related fields.

He added that the beneficiaries would be selected from the 44 local government areas of the state through a special examination to be conducted by the foundation in conjunction with the state Ministry of Education.

“We intend to continue with the programme every year by selecting 50 students for the award of the scholarship. “Most of the doctors we have here are males and by the time our female students are given the opportunity, they will one day compete with their male counterparts,’’ he said.

He urged other well-to-do individuals to contribute their quota towards the development of girl-child education in the state.