Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a 100 per cent increment in the bursary to students of the state origin in all tertiary institutions across the country.
It was gathered that the meeting about the bursary, which was held at the instance of the Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, would take effect from the 2022/2023 academic session. 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 state origin benefited from the scheme.
For the avoidance of doubt, Lekki hinted that effective from Monday, October 17, 2022, students of the Lagos State College of Heath Technology would get their outstanding payments for 2020/2021 academic year, as their management had completed their verification exercise and forwarded the list of its authentic students to the board.
‘’I want you to remember that the state government just appointed a new Board Secretary to the Lagos State Scholarship Board for the administration of both bursary and scholarship benefits, that is even enough for you to know there was no plan at any time to stop the scheme. They described as blatant lies the rumour that students of the state origin planned to disrupt activities in Lagos by blocking the Third Mainland Bridge, noting that their members have absolute confidence in Governor Sanwo–Olu as a responsible governor and father whom they could trust for his promise.
Wonder how it will be funded? 🤔
Omg this people really mean business
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