Zulum offers scholarship to children of hunters, CJTF

Last updated: 2021/08/13 at 3:23 AM

starconnect Published 13 August 2021

Some of the children benefiting from Professor Babagana Zulum's scholarship

Admin l Friday, August 13, 2021

MONGONO, Nigeria – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has offered scholarships from primary school to tertiary institutions to children of Civilian Joint Task Force(CJTF) hunters and vigilantes in the forefront of the fight against Boko Haram insurgent.

Zulum also supported volunteers with cash in the sum of N5,000 each, and released patrol vehicles and other working tools to them. Zulum told them that with their sacrifices, Borno Government will help create opportunities for their children to obtain western education so that they can look forward to a promising future. In a related development, the governor also supervised the enrollment of school aged children whose parents were killed by Boko Haram.

A total number of 5,361 orphans were registered during the two-days exercise. The children were between the ages of seven and thirteen, and each is to be given free uniforms, writing materials and free meals at schools.

The orphans were registered in the presence of their guardians who gave their biographic details, including places of displacement and indigenous LGAs.

The 5,361 orphans are part of over are 50,000 children either orphaned by Boko Haram or with parents and relations missing as a result of attacks of several communities by Boko Haram since 2009.