We paid school fees to 50 indigent students – Dean Students’ Affairs, KADPOLY

By Auwal Ahmed Ibrahim, Goronyo

The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of Kaduna Polytechnic (KADPOLY) has demonstrated its commitment to supporting underprivileged students by paying the school fees of 50 indigent students.

A statement made by the Dean of Students’ Affairs at Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Faruk N. Musa, said that in its committed effort, the SUG of the institution has paid for part and full school fees for the indigent students of the institution.

When you make a greater sacrifice, your name is pronounced. The students of Kaduna Polytechnic have been enjoying welfare packages, especially for special students, but this year (2024) is a different program where the Executive of the SUG sacrificed their allowances for the payment of school fees to the indigent students. Half of the students received half payment, and half received full payment, and they successfully wrote their exams.

We screened the students, made calls to their parents before considering them. When students come with expensive phones, we don’t regard them. I told the students to go and sell the phones to pay their school fees because there are students who are more in need.

This is part of the SUG’s Corporate Social Responsibility for the people. You can see how the institution had a philanthropist in the person of the Kaduna Polytechnic Governing Council, who sacrificed all his allowances for the payment of school fees for the period he will stay, to the indigent students. What he did was a good act of generosity for the immediate community and the people, and we prayed for God to bless him more.

The Dean, Dr. Faruk Musa, also thanked Allah for giving Kaduna Polytechnic Dr. Suleiman Umar PhD as Rector of the Institution for his interest in the students.

I used to call the Rector the grandfather of the students, while I am the father of the students. Whenever I go to him, his first question is, “Are the students happy? Are they happy?”

Part of the Rector’s commitment to the students is that the school has been illuminated with solar light. Every part of the school has solar light, and we give glory to Allah for this kind gesture for the security of the students and the school. We pray for everlasting peace in our school. A lot is happening in the school for the students’ welfare, such as the evacuation of waste in all hostels. Mambila Hostel, Shere, and Dala hostels are under maintenance. If you go to MKO Abiola Hostel at Unguwar Rimi, there is restoration of light, which was vandalized by the students.

This generous act will enable these students to continue their education without financial constraints.

The SUG’s initiative is a testament to their dedication to student welfare and their belief in the transformative power of education. This gesture will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the lives of these students, allowing them to pursue their academic goals and contribute to society.

In another development, the Mayor of Unguwar Sanusi, Umar Sanusi, has expressed gratitude to the SUG for the gesture of paying school fees for 50 students of the institution. He prayed for the entire Executive Members of the Union, asking God to bless them.

“We are blessed with a school full of people who always want to help and improve the standard of people’s lives,” the Mayor said. “The community of Unguwar Sanusi and other parts of the immediate communities are grateful for this act of sacrifice, and we pray for Allah to bless the entire management and students of Kaduna Polytechnic for this generosity.”

Amina Buhari, a student of the Department of Mass Communication, said that if not for the payment of her school fees by the SUG, she would have had to drop out of school. She explained that on the day she was given her school fees, her elder brother fell sick, and she had no choice but to give back the money for his hospital care. This happened just before exams, leaving her in a difficult situation.

Aliyu Abubakar, a student of Kaduna Polytechnic, expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Kaduna Polytechnic management for helping the SUG Executive Members accomplish their mission of sacrificing for the students. He said that such kindness was the first of its kind he had ever heard of and prayed for the gesture to continue forever.

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