By Yarima Haruna, Birnin Kebbi
In its tireless efforts to revamp education, the Kebbi state government has approved and release the total sum of seven hundred million naira for sixty students of Kebbi state studying medicines and pharmacy in various foreign countries.
This was disclosed by Kebbi state Commissioner for higher education, Alhaji Isah Abubakar Tunga in a press conference in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, 5 February, 2026.
According to him, N177 million was approved for 28 students studying Medicine and Pharmacy in Subharti and GD Goenka Universities in India; the money covers registration fees, tuition, upkeep, visa extension and internship.
While, another N117 million was also approved for upkeep for 25 students studying medicines in seven Egyptian Universities.
Similarly an approval and release of N70 million as financial assistance to indigenous Kebbi state students studying Pharmacy and Medical and Allied Sciences in Jaipur National and GD Goenka Universities in India.
Tunga added that another approval of N300 million was given for tuition fees and upkeep allowances for thirty five Kebbi indigenes to study medicines and pharmacy in Ethiopia
“The total for the separate approvals is N700 million in 2026 till date,” he said.
He commended the Governor for paying huge to attention to education in Kebbi state and for assisting the children of the poor who most of them made the list in the foreign scholarships.
