By Rabiu Sanusi
The Kano State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Yusuf Kofar Mata was grilled for hours by the state anti-corruption and Public Complaints Commission over alleged N1.5billion foreign scholarship fraud.
Kofar-Mata who was at the commission for questioning over the ongoing investigation into the foreign scholarship fraud was grilled from 3.45 pm till 8.00 pm on Friday night.
Although the commissioner was not detained but was asked to return to the commission this week with some documents that would help the investigation.
A credible source at the commission told our source that the commissioner was cooperating with investigators.
It could be recalled that the commission is investigating the issue of 1,001 students supposedly studying in India and Kenya.
The State Government sponsored 1,001 postgraduate students to pursue their master’s degrees in India and Uganda.
The initiative is part of the government’s foreign scholarship scheme which was inaugurated by Governor Abba Yusuf.
The governor recently hosted a farewell dinner for the first batch of 550 beneficiaries of the scholarship at the Government House, commending former Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso for introducing the scheme.
It was gathered that only 418 students were actually sent abroad for studies, raising questions about the whereabouts of the remaining students.
Source:Solacebase
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