Barau’s foundation shortlists 215 candidates for PG scholarships

Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin has through the Barau I Jibrin Foundation (BIJF) shortlisted 215 candidates for Postgraduate Domestic Scholarships for the 2025/2026 Academic Session.

Barau, in his efforts to expand educational access for young Nigerians, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, in Abuja, launched the foreign and domestic scholarship programmes.

According to the statement, while 70 students are pursuing postgraduate programmes in India, the shortlisted candidates for the domestic postgraduate programmes have been invited for interview and screening on 20th to 21st April 2025 at the Bayero University, Kano School of Continuing Education (SCE), G/Dutse, K/Taya, Kano.

“You will recall that on January 6 this year, the Barau I Jibrin Foundation opened the application for its Domestic Postgraduate Scholarship. The shortlisted applicants have been selected from the 44 local government areas of Kano State for physical screening and interview.

“The programme offers a unique opportunity for academic growth, research and human capital development in various fields of science and technology.

“The programmes include M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence, M.Sc. Robotics Technology, M.Sc. Cyber Security, M.Sc. Data Science, M.Sc. Information Technology, M.Sc. Software Development, M.Sc. Mineral Exploration, M.Sc. Hydrogeology & Environmental Geology, M.Sc. Oil and Gas Operations, M.Sc. Applied Geophysics, M.Sc. Metallurgical and Material Engineering, M.Sc. Climate Change Management, M.Eng. Mechatronic and M.Eng. Intelligence System,” the foundation stated.

It added that six universities, Bayero University Kano, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and University of Nigeria Nsukka, have been selected for the program.

“We will continue to devise means to provide our youth with the needed education to compete favourably in the modern world. Education is the sine qua non for meaningful development,” the foundation said.