Nigeria, Jan. 12 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Nigerian government for allegedly abandoning Nigerian students in Morocco, who are studying under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship.

Mr Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, also faulted the government for failing to pay the scholars' stipends as and when due.

He stated that the BEA scholarship scheme has enabled Nigerians to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies in various countries since its inception in 1993.

He also criticised the discontinuation of the BEA scholarship by the Nigerian government.

Mr Atiku claimed that the government had "quietly discontinued" the p...