NAKOSS commends Gov Bello for 300 percent increment in bursary allowance »

The National Association of Kogi State Students (NAKOSS) has commended Governor Yahaya Bello for the 300 percent increment in the bursary payment for student of Kogi origin.

Comrade Moses Omeiza Audu, the National President of NAKOSS, gave the commendation at a press conference, in a meeting with all heads of Kogi students associations held at the NAKOSS Secretariat on Tuesday in Lokoja.

Comrade Audu said no state governor had ever made such increment as high as 300 percent in the history of Kogi State and Nigeria at large, saying the students would forever grateful to the governor.

He equally appealed to the State Government to approve the payments of 2019 bursary allowance to Kogi students in higher institutions across the country before the November 16 governorship election.

According to Audu, the press conference was organized to further unite Kogi students, discuss issues of bursary payment and thank the governor for all he had done for them.

Audu eulogised the governor for all he had done for Kogi students especially the bursary increment by 300 per cent, which many students who registered were approved and paid in 2018.

Audu however, noted that the 2019 bursary had not been paid and appealed to the governor for the payment of the 2019 bursary as soon as possible.

”We are pleading with your Excellency that the screening should be completed and the bursary should be paid in earnest before the Nov. 16 governorship election.

The screening should be completed as soon as possible so that Kogi students can smile to the election and fully endorse your Excellency.

”We know you have done a lot for us in the past and we are confident that you will do it again, so that we will not have a divided house going into the elections.

Comrade Audu request a courtesy visit of Kogi students to the office of the Governor as soon as possible and called on all the aggrieved students to discard the idea of any protest, noting those behind the planned protests were not real students but were doing that for selfish benefits.

He thanked the governor for providing relief materials for students of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) who were flood victims, while appealing for timely completion of the hostels’ renovation work at Kogi State Polytechnic.

Audu also congratulated the new deputy governor of Kogi State, Mr Edward Onoja for his new position and what he had done for Kogi students while he was the CoS, saying they recognized all his effort.

The students’ stakeholders present at the press conference include: Presidents of all Students’ Union Governments (SUGs), Presidents of all local NAKOSS and heads of various students associations in all the higher institutions across the state.