{"id":59614,"date":"2025-01-15T12:41:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59614"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T12:41:28","slug":"bauchi-governor-gifts-top-jamb-achievers-%e2%82%a64-million-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/15\/bauchi-governor-gifts-top-jamb-achievers-%e2%82%a64-million-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi Governor gifts Top JAMB Achievers \u20a64 Million Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a remarkable gesture, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has awarded \u20a64 million to four exceptional students for their outstanding performance in the 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), examination.<\/p>\n<p>The awardees\u2014Kawthar Shehu (348), Geoffrey Yakubu (347), Abdullahi Garba (347), and Magaji Umar (333)\u2014were each presented with \u20a61 million during a ceremony on Tuesday at the Ministry of Education in Bauchi.<\/p>\n<p>Represented by the Head of Service, Yahuza Adamu, Governor Mohammed described the reward as a commitment to nurturing human capital and inspiring academic excellence among Bauchi\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative underscores our dedication to developing human capital and promoting academic achievement,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Babayo, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, revealed that the reward program was introduced as part of a broader strategy to motivate students across the state to aim higher.<\/p>\n<p>The awardees, grateful and inspired, vowed to continue their pursuit of excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu In a remarkable gesture, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has awarded \u20a64 million to four exceptional students for their outstanding performance in the 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), examination. The awardees\u2014Kawthar Shehu (348), Geoffrey Yakubu (347), Abdullahi Garba (347), and Magaji Umar (333)\u2014were each presented with \u20a61 million during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59616,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59614\/revisions\/59616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}