By Sule Aliyu Bauchi
Senator Shehu Buba Umar representing Bauchi South Senatorial District of Bauchi State, in the Senate has been commended for settling the registration fees ot over 350 students in the State to enable them write the year 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations.
This gesture came as a respite for the benefitting students whose parents could not afford to pay the fees in the face of the present economic hardship in the country.
Some of the students who were sitting for the 2023/2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination spoke with newsmen in Bauchi on Monday, saying that the kindness exhibited by the Senator has relieved their parents of the burden to pay for their JAMB examination as they kept struggling to put food on their tables.
One of the beneficiaries, Jabir Khalid admitted that his parents could not pay for his JAMB registration because they had no money and expressed his appreciated to the senator for remembering the poor in the society.
“Senator Buba came to my rescue and paid for me and many more students. I’m writing my exam on April 19, 2024,” he said.
Also speaking, another beneficiary, Khadija Hassan who was elated by the gesture, said her parents tried and paid for the first JAMB examination she wrote but couldn’t raise the money for this second one.
“I am privileged to be among the beneficiaries even though my parents are doing their best to see that I further my education because they paid for the first one but the second wasn’t possible.
“I was taken by surprise as I was given free form and my JAMB examination is on the 19th of April and I want to call on the senator’s supporters to keep giving him good advice to continue with his good deeds,” she said.
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.
Some of the students beneficiaries of the JAMB registration fees.
“Some politicians don’t care about people’s education, not minding if you can afford to go to school or not.
“However, Sen. 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.
“I also wrote the JAMB mock examination which I passed. The main examination will be held on the 19th of April whereby everybody is expected to go to the jamb office on the 12th to know their Examination center,” he explained.
Also speaking, Mr Muhammad Dahiru, the Programmes Supervisor, said that the Senator had paid for the JAMB examination of not less than 350 selected science students in his constituency.
According to him, all the successful beneficiaries would also be sponsored by the Senator in any university of their choice within the country, urging them to be more serious and read well in order to triumph.