Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso 

There are allegations that  about 200  of the 501 students  nominated by the  Kano State Government  for foreign training  programmes  may not  be qualified for some of the courses they want  study abroad.

The discovery was made by a Committee set up by  Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso  to    screen the students once again and  ensure  that those selected for the training programme  have   the requisite  qualification

The Committee which is  headed by the State Commissioner for Special Duties, General Idris Bello Dambazau, according to   sources,  discovered that  200 out of the 501 students were  not qualified after a thorough screening.

Those said to be unqualified were alleged to have been smuggled into the list of  First Class and Second Class Upper students  who were originally scheduled    to leave the country Saturday, September 8.
 

Some of the awardees were discovered to have made Second Class lower, instead of the required First Class or Second Class, according to THISDAY source spoke under anonymity.

It was learnt that the Committee has accordingly wiped out all the names of those allegedly smuggled into the list without fulfilling the stipulated conditions to ensure the strict compliance of the procedure.

Sources revealed that most of the names of those allegedly smuggled into the list were    traced to influential families in the state and top state government functionaries.

The training  programme was initiated by the Kano State government with the intention to genuinely sponsor brilliant students, especially those from poor background to pursue their academic programmes without hindrance and to also address the manpower requirements of the state.

Commissioner for  Higher Education, Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa, when contacted on the issue  by our reporters  declined comment, saying that the Committee was in session.