KANO (North-West, Nigeria) — The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin has on Saturday opened up on why he sponsored students to study special courses abroad.
The lawmaker representing Kano North Senatorial District, Jibrin said the world is fast changing into knowledge based economy, hence the need to shift attention to the special courses aimed at developing the knowledge of the students to compete favourably.
He stated this while handing over scholarship materials to 70 students to pursue Masters degrees in Artificial intelligence, AI and Robotics among others.
The soft spoken lawmaker however, called on the students to be good ambassadors of the state and Nigeria, while appealing to them to be dedicated and focused in the pursuit of the academic career in order to become impactful to the society.
In his words, “The world has changed. Knowledge is key. Take for instance, Taiwan has nothing but they have people who are knowledgeable. So the world is fast changing to knowledge based economy.
“And that is why we shifted our attention to send our students abroad to study special courses such as Artificial Intelligence, AI and Machine Learning, Information Security & Cyber Forensic and Robotics Science in reputable institutions of higher learning abroad. This is to expose them to best global educational standards in these fields.
“I will continue to identify and sponsor qualified students of the state origin for Masters degrees, irrespective of their economic, social status or political inclinations.
“I don’t know any of them; they were selected based on merit and not any other consideration, whether political, social or economic,” he said.
Earlier, the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Senate President, Prof. Muhammad Ibn Abdullahi said the students drawn from across the state to travel to India to study Robotics and Artificial intelligence, AI among others.
He commended the Deputy Senate President for his contributions to all sectors of human endeavor.
On his part, the the former Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, BUK, Prof. Yahuza Bello described the scholarship as a welcome development noting that these are courses Nigeria needs for its rapid growth and development.
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