The chairman said the national union encouraged branches to emulate the gesture; accordingly, the ABU Chapter offered additional scholarships to two students from 2018 to 2022.
“This year, when we came back from our meeting at Kaduna State University, we briefed the congress and the congress approved the upward review of the grant to N1.6m,’’ he said.
He added that the N1.6m for eight beneficiaries was in addition to the initial N400,000 for two beneficiaries from the national body, bringing the total to N2m.
He further explained that the ASUU ABU Chapter disbursed the grant because the students had commenced registration for the new session, hence its decision for early release of the funds to beneficiaries.
According to him, the beneficiaries are bright students who have a minimum CGPA of 3.0 and they also have a history of financial challenges.
Jibril said besides the scholarship grants to indigent students, ASUU had also provided N50m worth of palliatives to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across northern Nigeria.
(NAN)
