Aminu Masari, Kastina governor, has awarded a scholarship to a 15-year-old senior secondary student of Gobarau Academy for “exceptional” painting.
According to NAN, Amina Abdullahi bagged the scholarship during a public exhibition in Katsina on Saturday.
Masari pledged that the state would be responsible for the young talent’s tertiary education in addition to offsetting her WAEC, NECO and JAMB fees.
He added that she needs to be encouraged to achieve her dream and contribute her quota to the development of the society.
“Talents like this promote creativity and self reliance, she need to be encouraged to achieve her full potential,” he said.
Masari hailed the organisers for their efforts in discovering future talents that would develop the state and the country at large
Faisal Jafar, chairman of the state’s Talent Hunt, in his remark, thanked the governor for his support for future generation.
He noted that his team was working hard to ensure that youth with exceptional talent in Katsina state were supported to achieve their dreams.
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