Lagos Gives 340 Students Scholarship

No fewer than 340 indigenous students of
Lagos State, studying in tertiary institutions
across the state will on 5 October be awarded
scholarships worth N20 million, by the Youth
of All Nations (YOANEA) in partnership with the
state Government. The scholarships, according to Jeff Echezona
Joshua, are aimed at encouraging people to
go to school as well as alleviating the
sufferings some indigent students go
through. He explained that education remains one of
the vital tools for society’s development and
called on stakeholders to always mobilise
their wards to acquire valuable knowledge,
regardless of the challenges involved. “After much analysis, we also discovered that
some political wards do not have enough
representation in terms of students pursuing
higher education across the country. We
challenge every stakeholder in the affected
areas to mobilize their people to check the non-enrolment problem,” he added. On the day the scholarships will be awarded,
the overall best student at the state level will
get N1.5 million and a laptop, 2nd over all
best will get N1 million and a laptop
computer, while the 3rd overall best student
will get a laptop computer with N500,000 cash. At the district level, the best three students in
each educational district shall receive
N150,000, N100,000 and N50,000 each with
laptop computers. Anoher award that shall be presented that day
include YOANEA ambassador to the overall
best student. Joshua said sustainability of the scheme will
encourage indigenes to go to school and will
automatically place Lagos in the list of states
with high number of educated individuals in
the country.