Nigeria: Ebonyi Students Get Bursary

Posted to the web 13 August 2008 Abakaliki GOVERNOR Martin Elechi has set aside a pool of fund in the bank for bursary allowance to Ebonyi students in the tertiary institutions in the country. Governor Elechi made the disclosure in Abakaliki yesterday on the occasion of the International Youth Day celebration, regretting that the delay in disbursing the fund was caused by the inability of the National Association of Ebonyi Students to forward authenticated list of Ebonyi students in various tertiary institutions in the country. He used the opportunity to deny reports making the rounds that students are expected to pay certain amount of money in the bank in order to qualify for the bursary, stating that "Government knows nothing about paying money into account in bank for bursary to students in tertiary institutions. No... [read full story]