This is contained in a statement
signed by the Director, Media and Publicity of the institution, Ibrahim Sheme.
The statement said the development
was in keeping with the institution’s mandate of making education accessible to
the less privileged in the society.
It quoted the Vice-Chancellor of the
university, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, as announcing the grant while receiving his
counterpart from the Nigeria/Turkish Nile University, Prof. Huseyin Sert, in
Abuja.
The waiver, formerly pegged at 50
per cent, would now enable the inmates have unfettered access to quality
education.
The development would also encourage
other inmates to take advantage of the initiative to intensify efforts in
realising their dreams and improve the quality of their lives.
According to the statement, Adamu
described as worrisome the absence of meaningful social support system for
inmates to acquire education in the country.
“Having suffered abandonment by
relatives, emotional and physical confinement, prison inmates will see such
gesture from NOUN as a measure to reduce their burden.
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