By Mohammed Suleiman, Dutse.
Jigawa State government says it has evacuated all it’s 107 stranded students in Sudan back home safely.
The Executive Secretary Jigawa State Scholarship Board, Alh Saidu Magaji disclosed this while speaking to Newsmen in Dutse.
According to him, the students both males and females firstly landed at Nmandi AZikwe International Airport Abuja before landed in Dutse through overland chartered flight’s at exactly 2.00 pm Monday.
He commended the jigawa State government for the safety of lives and property of the students.
Receiving the students earlier, on behalf of Governor Badaru Abubakar, the Director General, Jigawa State Educational and Monitoring Unit, SEIMU Dr. Abubakar Abdulkadir Babura said, “while welcoming you back home, we wish the challenges you passed through will not relent your desire in paying more attention to your studies.
” We on our part, we assure you our commitment in finding an accelerated alternative in furtherance of your studies in either in one of our tertiary institutions or in abroad where such a place will attract a befitting learning environment”
The 107 stranded student’s were among those that were sponsored for medicine and pharmacy at University of Sudan by the jigawa state government last year with the hope upon the completion of their studies would man most of the state’s health facilities in different locations across jigawa state.