A 13-year-old talented kid and student of Golden Olive Academy, Musa Sani, has been awarded a N5 million scholarship to the secondary school level after he used mud to replicate the state’s first flyover around the customs round-about in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The N5 million cheque was approved by state Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, presented the Cheque to the private school to help fund Sani’s education from primary four to completion of Senior Secondary School.
Musa was born into a less privileged family living around Gwange area in Maiduguri.
He was a primary three pupil at a Community school
in Gwange.
Musa recently caught Zulum’s attention when he used mud to design a flyover that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in Maiduguri, back in December.
Governor Zulum was amazed by the kid’s brilliance. He met his family and offered to approve scholarship for him, to harness his talents.
The Governor directed the Borno State Education Trust Fund (ETF) to fund the boy’s education.
Chairperson of ETF Prof. Hauwa Biu, presented a cheque of Five Million and Twenty Nine Thousand Naira (N5,029,000), with the fund already paid to a private school at which Musa is now schooling.
Prof Biu thanked Governor Zulum for the offer and urged the boy to focus on his studies and make the Governor proud.
Credit: Professor Zulum
