President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of N164.8 million to the American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola owned by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The money is said to be the second-semester school fees of 106 Chibok school girls freed from Boko Haram currently attending the university. This development was revealed in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
He said: “The President has approved payment of the sum of N164,763,759 (one hundred and sixty-four million, seven hundred and sixty-three naira) for the second-semester school fees of the 106 Chibok girls at the American University of Nigeria, AUN in Yola.
“Absorption of the 106 girls into the school marked the beginning of their integration into the larger Nigerian society, thus fulfilling President Buhari’s promise of providing the best education for them. Although they have been officially handed over to their parents, the Federal government will continue to be responsible for the payment of the Chibok girls’ school fees up to their graduation from the school,” the statement read.