Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has approved the sum of £300,000 and $450,000 for the payment of tuition fees for students of the state on scholarship abroad.
Speaking with Education Correspondents on Friday in Abuja, Commissioner for Education, Deacon Markson Fefegha, explained that Dickson gave the approval to offset outstanding fees for Bayelsa students studying in various institutions overseas.
Giving a breakdown of the payment, he said that the release of £250,000 was made to offset tuition and other fees of Bayelsa students studying for their PhD degrees in the United Kingdom.
According to him, $150,000 was also approved for Bayelsa students studying at the Lincoln University in the United States, as well as the payment of $40,000 to some Bayelsa students studying in Ghana.
According to him, Dickson had earlier approved $42,000 to students in Kursk, Russia a month ago.
The state government also used the opportunity to thank all beneficiaries, their parents and guardians for their understanding and appreciation of the plight of the government during the period of the delay in the payment, adding that “the present administration is committed to transforming the education sector”.
