Awwalu Salisu, a 23-year-old commercial tricyclist based in Kano, has been awarded a fully funded scholarship up to Ph.D. level by the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Awwalu gained widespread recognition after returning a substantial sum of N15 million left in his tricycle by a Chadian businessman back in 2023.
The scholarship announcement took place during the Leadership Awards ceremony, where Peter Obi expressed his admiration for Awwalu’s honesty.
Obi revealed, “Forthright, I have consulted with my young brother, Datti Baba Ahmed, and I know there will be other things coming from big men who are here. However, for us, your education, including tuition, accommodation, and feeding until you graduate, will be taken care of by Baze University.”
Thereafter, Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago said the Labour Party cannot be allowed to outshine the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and then Bago announced a N250m scholarship award to Awwalu to appreciate his act of honesty and to encourage other young Nigerians to imbibe the virtue.
Bago added that he would name one of the road projects he was undertaking in Niger State after the Kano Keke rider.
