Nigerian students in Iran make case for FG scholarships

Nigerian students in Iran make case for FG scholarships

According to Kabuga, the over 260

Nigerian students studying in Iran are

not on Federal Government scholarship.

He said: “Mr. President, we are

appealing to your government to grant

us scholarships to ease our hardship

during the course of our study in Iran

 

 

Nigerian students in Iran have

appealed to the Federal Government to

offer them scholarships to enable them

to complete their studies.

A spokesman of the Nigerian community

in Iran, Malam Auwal Kabuga, made the

appeal on Tuesday in Tehran during an

interactive session with President

Muhammadu Buhari.

According to Kabuga, the over 260

Nigerian students studying in Iran are

not on Federal Government scholarship.

He said: “Mr. President, we are

appealing to your government to grant

us scholarships to ease our hardship

during the course of our study in Iran.

“Mr. President, we will also recommend

the establishment of collaboration

between Nigerian universities and

Iranian universities for mutual

benefits.

“We will like to appeal to Nigeria

Immigration Service to establish a point

of issuance of e-passport in Iran.”

Kabuga expressed dismay that

Nigerians in Iran had to travel to

India, Dubai or Abuja to obtain e-

passport.

In their contributions, other Nigerians

urged the Buhari administration to

urgently tackle the security challenges

in the country as well as the rot in the

nation’s power sector.

Responding, President Buhari said he

had already directed all his ministers to

commence work immediately so that

Nigerians could feel government’s

impact.

The President stated that he has

directed the Minister of Power, Works

and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to go

ahead with the planned work on major

road projects across the country.

He said: “On roads, especially Lagos-

Ibadan Expressway, yes I think there

were some fabulous talks yesterday.

“The Minister, I did not know that he

had taken a lot of notes and he decided

to take 15 minutes to discuss with me

what he intends to do, especially about

this (Lagos-Ibadan Road).

“Whether we come from Ibadan or from

Maiduguri, I think there are bad roads

between Lagos and Ibadan and then up

to Kaduna and so on.

“It’s a concern.

“This is because the casualties we

have….

“And then it makes the conveying of

goods and services much more expensive

because a journey that should take a

maximum of 24 hours, some people say

is taking 20 days.

“But, I know that is exaggeration, but

at least it is taking a week and this

makes goods and services very

expensive throughout the country.

“And then the question of insecurity is

affecting the economy.

“So, something is being done about it.”

Buhari further said the present

administration was doing all it could to

address the challenges in the country’s

health sector.

According to him, the government will

tackle the problems of expired drugs

and quacks in the medical profession as

well as get rid of “baby factories” in

some parts of the country.

NAN.