Gov Douye Diri Gifts Bayelsa Law Students 300k each
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the payment of N300,000 each to students from the state in all the law school campuses in Nigeria.
Governor Diri disclosed this at a meeting with representatives of the Bayelsa State Law Graduates Forum in Yenagoa.
The governor was represented at the meeting by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Biriyai Dambo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Mr. Dambo said the approval reflected the governor’s commitment to the education of Bayelsans and that it would cushion the effect of the economic hardship in the country on the students.
He also stated that the grant would aid their academic pursuit and improve their welfare.
Dambo urged the students to focus on their academic work in order to make the state and t...