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SPECIAL REPORT: About one-third of Nigeria’s ministers attended same university
Eighteen ministers also bagged degrees from foreign institutions. 5 min read
Thirteen of Nigeria’s current 44 ministers graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, an extensive review of their official resumes have shown.
A PREMIUM TIMES’ review of the details further shows that all the 13 obtained only their first degrees from the 58-year-old institution formerly named the University of Northern Nigeria.
The only exemption is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, who bagged both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in business administration from the university, in 1980 and 1987 respectively, after which he graduated from the International University of Africa, Sudan, in 1994.
…as 4000 Kaduna women benefit
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
Since its introduction in 2016,over 12 million poor and vulnerable households in Nigeria have benefited from the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) of the Federal Government, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Faruk has said .
Speaking in Kaduna on Wednesday at the flag off of grants to 4,000 women under the Rural Women Cash Grant Programme, Hajiya Faruk said the NSIP was part of the government efforts to collectively address development challenges in the country by uplifting the economic conditions of some of the poorest and most vulnerable .
“NSIP has been adjudged as the largest social protection programme in Africa with over $1billion earmarked annually to cause positive changes in the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable in the country,” she said