Plateau: Governor Mutfwang Redeems Pledge of N1000 Each to 800 Students From 40 Secondary Schools In Plateau.

Okwuta Audu, Jos

Plateau State, governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has disbursed the sum of N1000 each to 800 Secondary students from 40 Schools in his state for participating in the celebration of Nigeria Independence day held at Jos Township Stadium.

Governor Mutfwang fulfilled his pledge on Thursday by giving each of students, N1000 for activily participating in a match pass to mark 63rd Nigeria Independence under heavy downpour on Monday this week.

The state Commissioner for Information Musa Ibrahim Ashoms while disbursing the funds to the benefitting students on Thursday in Jos, the state information commissioner charged the Students to appreciate the governor’s gesture as one of his ways to encourage the students to be serious With their education ..

Ashoms urged the students to study hard and aspire to be responsible people in the society.

While at the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Staff school Jos, the Principal of the school Mr Richard Baba, appreciated the governor on be half of the students.

He noted that the gusture was the first of it’s kind to the School and the students.

management of other benefitting Schools appreciated the governor, and pleaded that other welfare scheme in the educational sector of the state be looked into.

At Al-Iman school Dogon Dutse, one of beneficiary Abdularaf Abubakar Abdullahi, an SS-3 student appreciated governor Caleb Mutfwang on behalf of his Colleagues.

Similarly, Recheal Rwang, also a final year student, who spoke on behalf of Government Secondary School  Hei-Rsyfiled thanked the Plateau government for the gesture.

The youngest among the students who benefited from the governor’s N1000 pledge to students, Timcit Bulus, a Jenior Secondary School JSS-2 student, from GSS Rikos in an appreciation, prayed for a successful tenure of governor Caleb Mutfwang.

It would be recalled that the benefiting 800 students stood on their feet under heavy downpour on Monday this week at Jos Township Stadium and participated fully in the match pass with paramilitary personnels organized by the Plateau state government to mark this year’s Independence day celebration.

Governor Mutfwang had also offered 1,500 Naira to all Personnel who also participated in the event despite the rains.

Issuance of the cash prizes for the remaining schools cutting across public and private schools is continuing.