Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has claimed that only his state in Nigeria provides free education and scholarships to students studying within and outside the country.
Idris made the claim on Thursday, 31 July, 2025 during a courtesy visit by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Students’ Matters, Mr Sunday Dare, in Government House, Birnin Kebbi, the state capital.
The SSA was accompanied by the National President, National Association of Nigerian Students, Mr Olusola Oladejo.
The students, it was gathered were in Kebbi to inaugurate the newly elected executives of the Kebbi National Students’ Association.
The governor told the visitors that he had paid about N2.7bn to settle the tuition fees of both students studying within Nigeria and those studying in foreign countries.
“It might interest you to note that it is only Kebbi that offers total free education in Nigeria.“We pay tuition fees for all our students up to secondary and tertiary institutions.
“Recently, I paid N2.7 billion tuition fees for both students studying across tertiary institutions within and outside Nigeria.”
According to Idris, his administration offers total scholarships to the students, adding, “We are doing this to remove the stress and burden from the parents.
“Some parents may have more than three children in tertiary institutions .If the money is too much, some parents might not be able to shoulder the school fees, especially in this period where many tertiary institutions have increased their tuition fees. That is why we deem it fit to shoulder the responsibility of free education, scholarships to all our students.” the governor said
Idris added that the feeding money for students across boarding schools in the state had been increased from N150m to N300 million monthly.
