Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has declared tuition-free education for 809 newly admitted students of Abdulkadir Kure University Minna (AKUM) during the Matriculation of the 2024/2025 academic session.
Bago announced that 2% of the state’s total investment will be used as an endowment for the university.
He cancelled the decision to send students abroad on scholarship and instead invested the money budgeted for foreign scholarships.
Also, a housing estate for staff and lecturers will be built, and Medicine and Medical Sciences will commence from the next academic session.
The Vice Chancellor of AKUM, Prof. Mohammed Aliyu Paiko, congratulated the matriculated students and promised them a bursary of N100,000 each.