Umar Akilu Majeri
No fewer than Nine graduates from the Federal University Dutse have benefited from the 2021 and 2022 Chinese awards, Alliance for International Science Organisation(ANSO) which is a Chinese scholarship for young talent to pursue their postgraduate studies at the Chinese Academy of Science University, China.
The awardees are graduates from the Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology and the Department of Chemistry
The Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Ahmed Muhammad Gumel who broke the news to our correspondent said two students got won the award in 2021 while seven students won it in 2022.
He said the Chinese government selected 34 graduates from Nigeria for the award of the scholarship in 2022.
According to him, 19 out of the 34 Nigerian students were admitted to the Academy of Science University, China and FUD alone had 7 graduates in the university which represent 36.8 percent.
He added that for a young university such as ours, this is no mean achievement.
He said seven of the nine FUD graduates who won the scholarship are products of the Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology while two are graduates of the Chemistry Department adding that the ANSO scholarship is one of the highest sort of scholarships in China because it’s fully funded.
The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Dutse, Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed congratulated the awardees for winning the highly coveted scholarship and making the university proud.
He said the university is proud of their achievement and called on them to make judicious use of the opportunity to advance their knowledge and contribute to the development of society.
He said FUD at all times will strive to produce excellent students that are competitive anywhere in the world.
Prof. Abdulkarim thanked the STAFF and students of the university for making the university proud at all times adding that he is particularly proud of the two departments whose students achieved this feat.
THE ANSO AWARDEES ARE:
1. Saminu Abdullahi
2. Babangida jabir sa’eed
3. Lawan Rabiu
4. Musa Aminu Ahmad
5. Mustapha Ibrahim Muhammad
6. Usman Muhammad Aliyu
7. Abdulkadir Zakari Abdulkadir
8. Khalid Idris
9. Shamsuddeen Salisu Tashena
