JUST IN: Stranded NDDC ‘scholars’ hold fresh protest at Nigerian embassy in UK

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The students said their exclusion may have been to punish them for protesting against the delay in the release of funds for the scholarship.

The NDDC management said, without substantiating it, that the students were “hirelings masquerading as the Commission’s scholars”.

A statement by the NDDC spokesperson, Charles Odili said the students were part of “powerful individuals who are part of the systemic corruption uncovered” by the commission’s interim management.

 

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