Awwalu Salisu, the 23-year-old Kano-based commercial tricyclist ( keke rider), who returned a cash of N15 million left in his tricycle by a Chadian businessman in 2023, has hit a jackpot, as he has been offered a N250 million worth scholarship up to PhD level.
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in last year’s election was the first to offer Awwalu scholarship at the Abuja-based Baze University up to PhD level.
Stunned by Obi’s kind gesture and not wanting the Labour Party to outshine the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, announced a N250m scholarship award to Awwalu in appreciation of his act of honesty and to encourage other young Nigerians to imbibe the virtue.
According to Bago, Awwalu will get a N50 million scholarship each from him personally, President Bola Tinubu, his Ministers, APC Governors Forum and Niger State Government.
Also, the governor promised to name one of the ongoing road projects in Niger State after Awwalu.
