The documents also show that while the Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board (KSSLB) issued letters promising multi-year funding to beneficiaries, payments were allegedly stopped before the end of the approved sponsorship periods.
Foreign universities have raised concerns over unpaid scholarships awarded by the Kaduna State Government to students studying abroad, with documents showing that some beneficiaries have faced threats of exclusion from their institutions over outstanding tuition fees.
Correspondence obtained by SaharaReporters from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Germany and De Montfort University in Leicester, United Kingdom, shows that the alleged failure by the Kaduna State Government to meet its scholarship obligations has placed beneficiaries under financial and academic pressure.
The documents also show that while the Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board (KSSLB) issued letters promising multi-year funding to beneficiaries, payments were allegedly stopped before the end of the approved sponsorship periods.
In a letter dated February 17, 2025, Prof. Dr. Markus Engstler of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, wrote to the Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board, with the Kaduna State Governor copied.
