Remi Tinubu Donates N47m, Laptops To 47 Students On Scholarship

The First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, has awarded scholarships worthy N47 cardinal to 47 students successful tertiary institutions crossed the country, with each beneficiary receiving N1million and a laptop to enactment their world pursuits.

The initiative, nether the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), covered students crossed aggregate disciplines, ranging from medicine, nursing, engineering, and biochemistry to education, law, governmental science, and wide communication. Among the awardees were 5 successful 400 level, 39 successful 300 level, 2 successful 200 level, and 1 successful ND2.

Speaking astatine the disbursement ceremony, Mrs Tinubu underscored the programme’s semipermanent commitment. “This is not astir politics, it is astir people’s lives. Just similar successful the past erstwhile I gave retired scholarships, I privation to inquire you what bash you besides adhd to the table? You tin turn and look for other things you tin bash that volition not hinder your studies,” she told the students.

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

The Minister of Education, Prof. Olatunji Alausa, commended the First Lady’s effort, noting that it complements the government’s broader assistance and bursary programmes.

“In the past 2 years, the President gave retired 12,434 bursary awards amounting to astir N10billion, and astir N4billion worthy of scholarships to 8,535 students. The assistance grant present includes N750,000 annually for those studying sciences successful STEM and postgraduate education,” helium said.

Alausa besides highlighted the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), saying: “Over 500,000 students crossed the state person benefited from the indebtedness fund, with astir N100 cardinal disbursed. You don’t wage backmost until aft you graduate, decorativeness NYSC, and get a occupation — and adjacent then, lone a maximum of 10% of your salary.”

The woman of the Imo State politician and RHI National Secretary, Chioma Uzodinmma, congratulated the awardees, reminding them that “scholars who maintained a GPA of 3.0 and supra stay eligible. Today’s 47 beneficiaries each person N1 cardinal annually positive a brand-new laptop.”

Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, described the bundle arsenic life-changing.

“This assistance is much than money; it is an concern successful young Nigerians who volition signifier the nation’s future,” helium said.

More than fractional of the awardees — 55 per cent — were from STEM fields, including medicine, engineering, nursing, and nutrient science, underscoring the programme’s accent connected subject and exertion for national development.