LG rewards boy with scholarship for scoring 347 in UTME

Caretaker committee chairman of Katagum LGA in Bauchi State, Musa Azare, has taken full responsibility of paying the school fees of Abdullahi Aliyu Garba who scored a total of 347 marks in the recent JAMB examination. 

A visibly elated Musa Azare expressed happiness that the boy has written the name of the LGA in gold in the history books if not only in the area but the state. 

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Speaking on the development, the caretaker chairman said, “I saw the name in the social media and because he is from my local government, my attention was drawn to the news and I traced the boy through my people in Azare; we identified him and asked them to bring him to my office.”

“He was brought to my office and we sat down and talked for a few moments after which I promised to settle all his school fees for four years whenever he got admitted into the university; he chose BUK to read Software Engineering. His school fee is about N500,000; it is not really much.”