Gov. Henry Sariake Dickson |
The Bayelsa State Government has paid the outstanding fees
of N250 million for 21 of its scholarship students at the Lincoln University in
the United States of America.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation,
Mr. Jonathan Obuebite, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the University had
threatened to deport the students over the unpaid fees.
However, the state government officials had prevailed on the
institution to allow the students to conclude their academic work.
The commissioner said that Gov. Seriake Dickson gave the
approval for the payment, which has been remitted to the Ministry of Education
for onward transfer to the University.
According to him, even though, the students have all
graduated, as a responsible government that is ever alive to its
responsibilities, the governor gave the approval and equally ensured its
remittance to the institution.
He explained that the delay was as a result of the economic
downturn, which had drastically affected the finances of the State Government.
The commissioner said that Dickson expressed the gratitude
of his administration to the authorities of Lincoln University for their
extreme show of understanding in the whole matter.
He recalled the educational friendly disposition of the
governor as well as the excellent performance of the students, some of whom
made first class.
Obuebite said that one of the students emerged as the best
overall graduating student in 2017 at the University.
Obuebite stated that despite the generally poor financial
state of the country, Dickson had remained committed to the administration’s
policies and programmes in the educational sector.
The commissioner commended and congratulated the students
for making the state proud by turning out some of the best results in the
institution.
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