Lawmaker pays UTME fees for 1,000 Maiduguri youths

Member representing Jere Federal Constituency of Borno State, Hon Ahmed Satomi has flagged off a Capacity Induction Training (CIT) for 1,000 candidates that have been registered for free for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Satomi who flagged off the intervention in Maiduguri said: the gesture which is the third phase since 2019 was to […]

Member representing Jere Federal Constituency of Borno State, Hon Ahmed Satomi has flagged off a Capacity Induction Training (CIT) for 1,000 candidates that have been registered for free for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Satomi who flagged off the intervention in Maiduguri said: the gesture which is the third phase since 2019 was to complement efforts of Governor Babagana Zulum’s quest to provide quality education in the state.

He said most of the beneficiaries who have credits in five subjects including Mathematics and English are orphaned by Boko Haram as well as vulnerable in his constituency.

Satomi also promised to facilitate their admission into various universities and programmes of their choice, and to pay their first-year tuition fees, if they meet with the cut off mark required by the University of Maiduguri, Borno State University, and any other.

“The first was in 2019 when we sponsored over 1,000 UTME candidates, the same played out in 2020 which was phase II, while we could launch it in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

“I am glad to be in your midst today to flag off the 2022 Phase III, where 1,000 would benefit from the exercise. My advice to you is to concentrate in this CIT to ensure you get all the knowledge needed to pass the UTME,” Satomi told the beneficiaries.

The coordinator of the initiative, Ali Indimi said since the beginning of the exercise, the lawmaker has expended over N20 million in registering over 3,000 candidates. He added that the first set who were enrolled into various universities in 2019 are expected to graduate in 2023.