adminLagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the payment of the annual bursary awards for students in higher institution of learning across the country stressing that his administration is determined to ensure that no child who seeks education is left behind.
The state Director of Scholarship Board, Mrs. Omauton Yetunde Jegede, who confirmed this, quoted the Governor as saying that the funds have been released for the fifth and sixth payments of bursary to 2010/11 bursary beneficiaries in universities across the country.
However, she did not mention the total figure of the beneficiaries, but said that second payment for 2013/14 beneficiaries studying in Polytechnics and Colleges of Education was also ready.
She affirmed the governor’s responsibility to assist students to graduate and prepare them for the future and urged all concerned beneficiaries to visit the Lagos State Scholarship Board’s Office, 254, Ipaja Road, beside NYSC Orientation Camp, Agege, by 10am daily for necessary documentation preparatory to the collection of the bursary awards.
The Governor reiterated his administration’s commitment towards addressing the issue of quality of education and that every investment made by the government represents the strongest way of securing a better and more dignified future for the students, Jegede said.
He enjoined all concerned beneficiaries to take along to the Board’s Office, a copy of the Bursary Award Letter, ATM verve cards and School Identity Card.
He assured other categories of beneficiaries that are not included in the current exercise that all outstanding bursaries would be paid in due course.