55 BUK Female Students Get MacArthur Scholarship Grants
Summary
A total of fifty-five female students pursuing degree programmes in the Faculty of Communication of the Bayero University, Kano have received scholarship grant of fifty thousand naira each under the MacArthur Scholarship Grant secured by the Faculty. In a letter signed by Professor Umaru A. Pate, the Chairman of the Faculty MacArthur Scholarship Grant Implementation …
A total of fifty-five female students pursuing degree programmes in the Faculty of Communication of the Bayero University, Kano have received scholarship grant of fifty thousand naira each under the MacArthur Scholarship Grant secured by the Faculty.
In a letter signed by Professor Umaru A. Pate, the Chairman of the Faculty MacArthur Scholarship Grant Implementation Committee, a total sum of two million seven hundred and fifty thousand naira (N2.750,000,00) was paid to the students. He indicated that the beneficiaries were selected based on their academic performance and peculiar financial needs, as stipulated by the letter of the grant.
It could be recalled during the tenure of Professor Umaru A. Pate as the pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Communication, the Department of Mass Communication was given a grant worth $750,000 by the MacArthur Foundation to be executed in three years on training the personnel of the Department in the area of investigative journalism, including public lecture, conferences and seminars and a component of female scholarship of 30 students every academic session beginning from 2016/2017 session for a period of three years.
The scholarship awards are for the academic sessions 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, which are the Year One and Year Two of the scholarship period and that the last batch of the beneficiaries would emerge after the first-semester examination of the 2018/2019 academic session. A total of 30 undergraduate students were awarded the scholarship in 2016/2017 while in the 2017/2018 session the scheme also included some female postgraduate students. Below is the full list of the beneficiaries.
S/No
Name
Reg. No.
1
MariyaKabir Suleiman
CMM/17/MAC/00430
2
Hajara Muhammad Bashir
CMM/17/MAC/00343
3
Eunice Taiyelolu Adebayo
CMM/17/MAC/00318
4
Clara Oluchukwu Okonkwo
CMM/17/MAC/ 00309
5
Aisha GarbaAbdullahi
CMM/17/MAC/00306
6
Zainab Ibrahim Chatta
CMM/17/MAC/00348
7
Aisha Tyabo Muhammad
CMM/17/MAC/00394
8
KhadijaMusa Ibrahim
CMM/17/MAC/00364
9
Aisha Sulaiman Idris
CMM/17/MAC/00368
10
Amarachi Vincentia Okoye
CMM/17/MAC/00410
11
LeshiBagauda James
CMM/17/MAC//00379
12
Fatima Muhammad Tijjani
CMM/17/MAC/00436
14
Maria Shuaibu Suleiman
CMM/17/MAC/00429
15
Maryam Omotola Hamza
CMM/17/MAC/00359
16
Halima Yasmin Abba
CMM/17/MAC/ 00301
17
Ochene Victoria
CMM/17/MAC/00532
18
OladolapoBalkisDauda
CMM/INF/17/00138
19
Hauwa Ibrahim
CMM/INF/17/00141
20
KhadijatRabi’uGuga
CMM/INF/17/00154
21
Nana Aiashat Bello Ere
CMM/INF/17/00164
22
Sherifa Muhammad Sambo
CMM/INF/17/00171
23
BalkisuSalihu Isa
CMM/INF/17/00189
24
Rachael Oromeni Samuel
CMM/INF/17/00190
25
Umil-HairiAbubakar
CMM/INF 17/00192
26
SafiyaGarba
CMM/16/INF/00022
27
HajaraHarunaAliyu
CMM/16/INF/00029
28
BashiratAnakoShu’aibu
CMM/16/INF/00017
29
Fatima AbdullahiZarah
CMM/16/INF/00002
30
Fauziyya Hassan Haruna
CMM/16/INF/00030
31
Maimunat Yusuf Musa
CMM/16/INF/00070
32
RahanaOhinoyiOyiza
CMM/16/INF/00073
33
A’ishatuAbubakar
CMM/16/INF/00005
34
A’isha Dayyib Mahmud
CMM/16/INF/00021
35
Fatima Aliyu Usman
CMM/16/INF/00016
36
Zahra Musa Fatima
CMM/16/MAC/00101
37
ShukuratOluwaDamilolaRabi’u
CMM/16/MAC00109
38
Zainab Kaka Abubakar
CMM/16/MAC/00010
39
Fatima Idris
CMM/16/MAC/00062
40
Maimuna Umar Salisu
CMM/16/MAC/00144
41
Aminat Tobi Rufa’I
CMM/16/MAC/00111
42
ZainabDaudaAbdulkadir
CMM/16/MAC/0039
43
BalkisMoshoodTemitope
CMM/16/MAC/00085
44
Bilkis Umar
CMM/16/MAC/00143
45
Damaris Mathew
CMM/16/MAC/00082
46
UmmiAbdulkadir
CMM/16/MAC/00001
47
FiddausiSanusi Nasir
CMM/16/MAC/00130
48
RahamaLawali
CMM/16/MAC/00075
49
Umma-haniRayyanuLamus
CMM/16/MAC/00110
50
Maryam Baba Saleh
CMM/16/MAC/00115
51
Suwaiba Usman Aliyu
CMM/16/MAC/00169
52
NusaibaIsma’il Umar
CMM/16/MAC/00145
53
NafisatYahaya
CMM/16/MAC/00153
54
RukayyaAlhassanShehu
CMM/16/MAC/00027
55
Jeniffer Okonkwo
CMM/16/MAC/00105
