Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100% increase in the amount of bursaries available to students from Lagos State who are enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide.
According to the State government, the raise would start to apply in the 2022–2023 academic year.
Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, made the announcement over the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter and the National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The meeting was called by the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, and was attended by the presidents and some executive members of the two student union bodies, NANS and NULAS, as well as representatives from the state government.
According to the Board Secretary, the 100% bursary increase and other benefits were designed to support the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin in order to help them cope with the current economic reality.
Mr Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State Government at the just concluded State Economic Summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti Summit’’ had also approved the resolutions on the establishment of Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits generally to all Lagos State resident students in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.
While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the Board Secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data- cleansing/ verification exercise across all institutions by the State government, just to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.
He explained that the Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing exercise discovered that some people who either were no more students or not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme in a fraudulent way at the expense of the original students of the State that the scheme was meant for.
The Board Secretary assured that prompt payment of both bursary and scholarship benefits for the outstanding years would commence immediately after the on–going data cleansing / verification exercise is completed.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology (LASCOHET) would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year as their Management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded list of its authentic students to the board.
He equally revealed that the Board had scheduled assessment test for fresh beneficiaries for the year 2022/23 scholarship benefit for 29th October, 2022, adding that necessary details have been sent out to all qualified applicants via SMS, E- Mails and other social media platforms.
While allaying the students’ fear that the State government was planning to stop the scheme, the Scholarship Board boss noted that there was no basis to stop the scheme since there was provision for it in the State budget, adding that the year 2023 budget of the State government had captured the new increments and other benefits to make life more bearable for students in their studies.
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