{"id":8055,"date":"2013-08-09T22:44:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T22:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/gov-fayemi-spends-n861m-on-students\/"},"modified":"2013-08-09T22:44:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T22:44:53","slug":"gov-fayemi-spends-n861m-on-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/gov-fayemi-spends-n861m-on-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Fayemi spends N861m on students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About N861 million has so far been spent by the western Nigerian state of Ekiti to assist indigent but brilliant students to pursue their education in the last three years.<\/p>\n

The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Kehinde Ojo, said this on Friday in Ado-Ekiti at a forum where Gov. Kayode Fayemi presented scholarship awards to six brilliant Ekiti students.<\/p>\n

He said Fayemi gave approval for the release of the sum at various stages of need so as to enable the students realise their ambition.<\/p>\n

The beneficiaries recently gained admission to Oxford and Harvard Universities as well as some Chinese universities for post -graduate programmes.<\/p>\n

While giving a breakdown, he said government committed N381 million on funding bursary awards to its students in various higher institutions in the country.<\/p>\n

Another N95 million, he said, was also paid as bursary to indigent students spread across all the 16 local government areas of the state.<\/p>\n

Besides, Ojo said N123 million was spent on 155 indigents of the state studying law in various Nigerian universities.<\/p>\n

The commissioner said another N262 million was spent on scholarship awards to brilliant students from the state studying abroad.<\/p>\n

He called on students from the state to take a cue from beneficiaries by displaying exceptional academic prowess to benefit from government\u2019s gestures.<\/p>\n

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