Sen. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, governor of Bauchi State, has ordered that all indigenous students enrolled in various higher education institutions nationwide be transported back home for free in order to vote in the upcoming general elections. This is in response to the NUC’s directive that all universities in the nation close so that students can return home for the 2023 general elections.
In light of this, the PDP Campaign’s Director General, Honorable Farouq Mustapha, who is in charge of ensuring the students’ simple and hassle-free transportation, has started the process of returning them to their homes.
Meanwhile, the Special Assistant on Students Affairs to the Governor, Hamza Mohammed Maikudi and the Deputy Director, Contact and Mobilization, Students Affairs in the state PDP Campaign Council, Sani Adamu, appreciated the kind gesture in a statement that they issued.
They explained that the development will go a long way in encouraging the indigenous students to return home and cast their ballots wisely in the upcoming elections.
Sani Adamu said that “Following the Federal Government’s directive on the closure of all tertiary institutions in the country because of the upcoming 2023 general elections and given the foregoing and concerns expressed on the welfare of Bauchi state students and their safety, His Excellency, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has directed the State PDP Campaign Council’s Director General, Hon. Farouk Mustapha to send free vehicles to the entire Bauchi state students who are studying in other tertiary institutions across the country to return home.”
He added, “On behalf of the entire Bauchi state students, we thank the Governor for his huge investment in the education sector in addition to the tireless effort towards the overall progress and development of the state.”
They equally applaud Governor Bala Mohammed for settling the fees of students writing this year’s NECO and JAMB in public secondary schools across the state, which amounted to over N300 million.