The Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA) in Katsina State has offered free admission and scholarship to some of the female hawkers loitering around the school gates.
This is to enable them further their education in the institution.
Prof. Armaya’u Hamisu-Bichi, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University, made this known during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Developing and Entrenching Gender Concepts, Policies, Tools and Practices on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG).
This is contained in the university’s weekly bulletin signed by the institution’s spokesperson Malam Habibu Umar-Amin in Katsina.
Hamisu-Bichi said that the girls were drawn from some neighbouring communities the University across Local Government Areas (LGAs)
This gesture is part of our corporate social responsibilitiy to the host communities. It also aimed at taking these yound girls off the street.
This will also go a long way in addressing social vices against women and children that have been identified as the most vulnerable in our society.
It is an initiative of the university management that gave rehabilitation and admission to some identified female hawkers loitering the university gates, he said.
Hamisu-Bichi said the university has zero tolerance for violence against women and girls.