Gombe group disburses N290m education grant to indigent students
Gombe group disburses N290m education grant to indigent students
The Velocity Humanitarian Foundation, says it disburses N290 million grants to indigent students in Gombe State.
Its Founder, Mr Aliyu Mohammed, stated this on Sunday during the disbursement of N10 million grant to 100 students schooling in various tertiary institutions outside the state.
Represented by his associate, Adamu Ibrahim, the founder said that the initiative was aimed at providing financial assistance to indigent students in the state.
Mohammed said that each of the beneficiaries received N100,000, to support them to focus on studies and ease their burden.
He said that the foundation had been rendering a lot of services in different communities in the state, including payment of school fees, medical bills, among others.
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Mohammed said the foundation had earlier disbursed N280 million to students of Gombe State University, and Federal University, Kashere, who were unable to pay their school fees for the 2024/2025 academic session.
“Today, we came to give some tokens to Gombe State indigenes who are schooling outside the state,” he said.
Mohammed urged the beneficiaries to use the money judiciously for their studies so that they could become great in the future.
Ms Faith Joel, a 300 level student of Federal University, Wukari in Taraba, lauded the gesture, adding that it would assist to off set her departmental dues which has been pending for months.
Another beneficiary, Mary Maida, a student of Modibbo Adama University in Adamawa, commended the foundation for its support to students at a high time.
