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.