First Lady disburses ₦47m, laptops to 47 scholarship students

— Says Initiative is for Humanity, Not Politics

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

Abuja — The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, connected Tuesday disbursed ₦47 cardinal and laptops to 47 beneficiaries of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) assistance strategy for students crossed the country.

Explaining the gesture, Mrs. Tinubu said it was portion of her committedness to supporting acquisition and empowering young Nigerians crossed divers fields of study.

Each recipient, drawn from tertiary institutions nationwide, received ₦1 cardinal and a laptop to assistance their world pursuits. The beneficiaries are enrolled successful disciplines ranging from medicine, law, agriculture, and engineering to education, sciences, and the humanities.

Speaking astatine the ceremony, the First Lady emphasized that the inaugural was not politically motivated but borne retired of a passionateness for work to humanity. She advised students to cultivate further skills to enactment themselves financially.

“This is not astir politics; it is astir people’s lives. Before I got married, I sold apparel to prolong myself. In the aforesaid way, I impulse you to deliberation astir what you tin adhd to the table. You tin turn and inactive find other things to bash without hindering your studies,” she said.

She further assured that the assistance strategy would beryllium sustained:

“We person fixed you 2 years of grace, and immoderate of you person 2 much years to implicit your studies. We commune that the President volition person a 2nd word truthful that we tin continue.”

The Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji Alausa, commended the RHI for complementing authorities efforts, noting that the Tinubu medication had expanded bursaries and scholarships nationwide.

“In the past 2 years, the President has approved 12,434 bursary awards amounting to astir ₦10 billion, covering students successful captious sectors specified arsenic medicine and education. We person besides awarded ₦4 cardinal worthy of scholarships to 8,535 students,” helium said.

He stressed the government’s absorption connected STEM disciplines, pointing retired that 55 percent of the caller RHI beneficiaries were successful medicine, nursing, engineering, and nutrient science. Alausa besides highlighted the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, which has already benefited implicit 500,000 students with astir ₦100 cardinal disbursed:

“You don’t wage backmost until aft you graduate, decorativeness NYSC, and unafraid a occupation — and adjacent then, lone a maximum of 10 percent of your salary.”

Chioma Uzodimma, woman of the Imo State Governor and National Secretary of RHI, congratulated the awardees, noting that the 2025 batch followed earlier cohorts successful 2023 and 2024.

“Today’s 47 beneficiaries each person ₦1 cardinal annually positive a brand-new laptop. We privation you occurrence successful your world session,” she said.

Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, described the assistance arsenic “a life-changing package” that volition nurture endowment and span acquisition gaps nationwide.

The lawsuit was besides attended by Hajia Nana Shettima, woman of the Vice President and National Vice Chairman of RHI; Mrs. Salamatu Gbajabiamila, woman of the Chief of Staff to the President; the woman of the Kwara State Governor and Chairperson of the Governors’ Wives Forum; and different dignitaries.

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