A Northern group has slammed the federal government over alleged abandonment of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA), accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of playing politics with the policy.
It also condemned the President’s silence on protests for the policy return.
This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by Murtala Abubakar, president of a popular northern forum, the Arewa Defense League (ADL).
According to him, the tragedy unfolding beyond Nigeria’s borders is one without sirens but heavy with hunger, humiliation, and broken promises.
Abubakar said there is nothing inherently wrong with the BEA Scholarship Programme, noting that education is not wasteful.
“Yes, the program has always struggled with delays and bureaucratic cruelty. But never before has a Nigerian government so casually turned its back on students already in the field, already committed, and already vulnerable.
“A nation may abandon roads and refineries, but when it abandons its children, especially in foreign lands, it abandons its soul.
“It began when the Bola Tinubu administration abruptly scrapped the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Programme, a lifeline that had enabled thousands of brilliant but underprivileged Nigerians to enter classrooms across China, Russia, Morocco, Hungary, and beyond.
“President Tinubu has remained silent, playing politics with everything. Not a word on the protests. Not a word on the hunger. Not a word on the moral collapse of a program built on diplomacy and mutual respect. This silence is perhaps the loudest indictment of all,” he stated.
Recall that in May 2025, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced that the government would no longer fund foreign scholarships.
Northern group slams Nigerian govt for allegedly abandoning foreign scholarship program
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