The Acting Gov of Taraba, Alhaji Garba
Umar, on Wednesday ordered the immediate payment of the arrears
of scholarship allowances to students of the state in various
institutions of higher learning.
The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Ate Kundu, stated this at the end of the State Executive Council meeting in Jalingo.
Kundu said the acting governor had expressed concern that the students’ allowances had not been paid for nearly three years.
Kundu said the commissioner for
education had been directed to come up with the total number of the
beneficiaries of the arrears and submit same to government immediately.