Sule Aliyu, Bauchi.
As hardship bites harder, some students sitting for the 2023–2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in Bauchi state have commended Senator Shehu Buba Umar, representing Bauchi South at the Senate, for supporting their academic endeavours by paying their JAMB fees.
Some of the students who spoke with newsmen in Bauchi said that the gesture relieved their parents of the burden of paying for their JAMB examination as they kept struggling to put food on their tables.
Krestnews reports that Senator Shehu Buba Umar (Bauchi South) has sponsored 364 students who wrote the JAMB/UTME Exams from seven local government areas of his constituency.
The students wrote the exams today at Alfurqan International Academy along Yalwa road, Bauchi, after receiving three months rigorous lesson on how to approach the exams.
Speaking shortly after the exams, the Coordinator of Shehu Buba Education Endowment Support, Alhaji Awwal Umar, thank Almighty God for the opportunity giving to his boss to make impact on the academic endeavours of 364 children of poor and less privilege benefit from the endowment.
He informed the students that Senator Buba is ready to sponsor their education to any level of higher education should they pass the examination.
Awwal said the support has nothing to do with politics, because the senator did not know anyone among the beneficiaries.
He revealed that feeding, transportation and allowances was given to the students during the training and on exam day.
They called on other politicians and well to do individuals to emulate the good gesture of Senator Shehu Buba
Also, Abubakar Ibrahim said that the senator had supported them by paying for their JAMB examination in this difficult time when things were hard, especially for the poor masses.
He said, “Some politicians don’t care about people’s education, not minding if you can afford to go to school or not.
“However, Senator. Buba has shown us that he cares about our education to the extent of paying for our JAMB examination fee, and I am among the lucky beneficiaries.”
Also speaking, Alh. Mohammed Dahiru, the programme supervisor, said that the Senator had paid for the JAMB examination of not less than 364 students in his constituency.
According to him, all the successful beneficiaries would also be sponsored by the senator to any university of their choice within the country, urging them to be more serious and read well.