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50 Boko Haram Orphans Gets Scholarship
Fifty orphans were guests of Governor Kashim Shettima, who broke his fast with them.
They were orphans of Boko Haram victims. Besides the fine meal, they bagged all-round scholarship to pursue their education. The governor told his guests that they should regard him as
their father and that he will do everything within his powers to ensure that they are comfortable and they do not encounter problems in their education.
Shettima presented each of them with two types of assorted textile materials, 50 kilogrammes bags of rice and sugar with some cash for sewing of their textiles ahead of the Sallah coming up in few weeks. The governor called on the orphans to take education very seriously and be of good behaviours so that they would excel in life. He called on government officials, wealthy residents and charity organisations to render help to the orphans.