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President Muhammadu Buhari hosts Nigerian ladies from Kano State, who made the nation proud by bagging first class honours in their Master’s degrees
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari during his recent trip to India played host to two young ladies from Kano State, who just bagged M.Sc degrees in the first class category. During his meeting with Nigerians who live in India, held at the premises of the Nigerian High Commission, New Delhi, President Buhari granted private audience to Aisha Umar Auwal, and Jamila Muhammed, who had been sent on scholarship by the Kano State government, to pursue Master’s degrees. Both made first class honours.
Born to civil servant parents in Kano, Kano State, Aisha Auwalu attended Kano Capital School for her primary education between 1990-1995, and finished secondary education in 2001. She proceeded to the Bayero University, Kano, where she bagged a degree in Applied Biology.
In 2014, Aisha was beneficiary of the foreign scholarship scheme of her home state, and went to India for a Master’s. She finished with a grade point average of 9.1, first class honours. Jamila Muhammed was born to Muhammed Al Abubakar and Nadio Ado Saleh, and attended the Federal Government Girls College, Minjibir, Kano, before proceeding to the Ado Bayero University, where she read Computer Science. She graduated in 2011, and in 2014, was also a beneficiary of the Kwankwasiyya scholarship scheme of the then Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
The afforded her to attend the Sharda University, Greater Noida, India, where she bagged first class in Computer Science and Engineering.
President Buhari lauded the two ladies for their feats, and commended such industry to Nigerian youths. He also praised the Kano State government for its emphasis on human capital development.
The two ladies gave the secret behind bagging first class degrees as “prayers and hard work,” with both saying they hardly had any social life.
They also thanked President Buhari for receiving them. Jamila said of the meeting: “It is the greatest day of my life. I feel honoured to meet President Buhari, my hero, and lover of the Nigerian masses. The experience will remain indelible for life.”
The two ladies want to still pursue doctoral degrees before returning home. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State, said the state government would be willing to absorb them into the public service whenever they returned home.
President Buhari had been in India to attend the third India-Africa Forum Summit.
— Nov 9, 2015 @ 15:10 GMT
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