We gathered that The Federal Government has approved N400 million for the
payment of upkeep allowances of Nigerian students on foreign scholarships. The
Acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia HIndatu
Abdullahi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Abuja yesterday.
Abdullahi attributed the delay to non-release of capital
allowance and the change in government which delayed the release of capital
allocation for