Lagos State Governor Set to Double Bursary of Students
The value of funding in education was underscored by the decision of the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to increase by 100 percent the bursary of students of Lagos State origin.
Bursaries, by definition, do not cover all the cost of education. It is a grant that, however, serves the need of the individual to cover some of the needs that include feeding.
The announcement affects all categories of students in higher institutions and it does not cover the Lagos State University (LASU) alone. Students who are new intakes, arts, science, law, engineering and medical students will benefit. Those who are physically impaired are not left out. New intakes will get N35,000, arts students are entitled to N20, 000 except those who attend LASU who will get N25,000. Science students will rake in N30, 000 while those in law, engineering and medical sciences will receive N50k. Law students, however, will obtain N200,000.
This increase was announced by the executive secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Fund, Abdur Rahaman Lekki, who noted that the state undertakes a rigorous process before giving out the money to students.
This is because some students had in the past obtained it by fraud. Some who had taken the money were no students at all and some others continued to benefit even after they had graduated. The conditions include evidence of status as an indigene from a king or local government council, letter of latest admission, students identification, birth certificate, academic certificate, Lagos State Residents Registration Agency identification card, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) slip, etc.
In Lekki’s words, “The ongoing data-cleansing/verification exercise is to ensure that only qualified students of Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme,” i. Lekki also noted the review assures the sustenance of the bursary.
Source: The Nation
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