The Abia Government has approved the payment of bursary awards to 271 state-sponsored students in the various law schools across the country.
The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr Okey Kanu, made this known on Wednesday during a press briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting, at the Government House, Umuahia.
Kanu said that the students remained ever grateful to the state government for its support.
He said that the government, through its untiring efforts had secured accreditation for 18 courses for Abia University, Ututu.
“It was a very rigorous process and this speaks to all the efforts that he has been making to ensuring that our education sector turns out to be the best,” he said.
According to Kanu, there was a recent case of Abia students who were abandoned in India by the previous administration.
He said that the government in response to the matter had approved the payment of the school fees for the students to enable them to continue with their education in India.
On Sports, Kanu said that, Mr Frank Onyeka, a son of Abia, who hails from Umunneochi Local Government Area and a footballer had proposed to build a football academy in the state.
He said that Onyeka plied his trade in the United Kingdom, where he played for Brentford FC and he was equally regular for the Super Eagles.
Kanu said that the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Dr Ahmed Datti was on the other hand to lend support and promised to give adequate support, to ensure that the project succeeds.
He said that the Governor had directed the Commissioner for Lands and Housing to quickly process a Certificate of Occupancy for the project within 48 hours.
“This is a way to encourage Mr Onyeka as a son of Abia and to let others know that if they have such viable projects that the state government will always be willing and ready to support them,”Kanu said.
He said that the project would be sited between Umuahia and Aba for ease of accessibility.
