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Scholarship
By Ariwodola Idowu
Ado Ekiti, Feb. 23, 2017 (NAN) One hundred indigent students of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, on Thursday received scholarships worth N1 million from the institution’s Alumni Association, its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oye Bandele, said.
Bandele, represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Bolanle Ajayi, disclosed this during the scholarship award ceremony held at the Oodua auditorium of the university.
He commended the association for contributing positively to the emancipation of future leaders through its support for indigent students.
The Vice-Chancellor said the association was supporting his vision for the university through the award.
Bandele commended Dr Seinde Olatunji, a 1989 Geography graduate of the university, for single-handedly donating ICT equipment worth N300 million to the institution recently.
He counseled the benefiting students to be focused and to face their studies to achieve greatness in their future endeavours, and ultimately become useful to the institution and the society.
Prof. Mathew Ayeni, the National President of the Alumni Association, explained that the initial presentation was one million naira to be distributed at N10,000 each to the students.
According to Ayeni, this was in line with the association’s objectives of contributing to both the infrastructural and academic development of the university.
He encouraged the students to develop their talents into productive skills and shun mediocrity or incompetence.
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Education, Mr Jide Egunjobi, who was the Special Guest of Honour, praised the association for supporting the pursuit of excellence in the education sector.
Egunjobi urged the students to value the alumni’s kind gesture by avoiding unwholesome attitudes while in school.
The commissioner presented the cheques to the students and inaugurated the security building, also constructed by the Alumni Association. (NAN)
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Edited by Oluyinka Fadare, Peter Dada