Three academic staff at Department of Biochemistry in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria have been awarded scholarship by Chinese Government for PhD programme .
The staff would study at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China.
The beneficiaries are Idris Zubairu Sadiq, Muhammad Auwal Saliu and Rabiatu Bako Suleiman.
They are among the 20 candidates that made the 2022 awardee list of Chinese Government Scholarship Silk Road Programme for International Students drawn from seven countries – Nigeria, Kenya, Yemen, Indonesia, Pakistan, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
In a letter by Mrs. Rui Wang, Secretary, Centre for Protein and Cell-Based Drugs, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), informed Ahmadu Bello University of the release of final PhD admission list and the scholarship award to the three academic staff.
Mrs. Wang, who described the admission process as “lengthy and rigorous”, explained that only three candidates were admitted out of the SIAT’s recommended seven students from ABU for the programme and award of scholarship.
“This year’s admissions competition was tough, and we wish to express our gratitude to all of the applicants for giving it their all”, she said.
