Man Announces 6 Months Scholarship of N20,000 for Students of UNILORIN, Gives His Criteria
- A Nigerian man announced that he wanted to sponsor five students from the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) for six months
- He said that each student would receive N20,000 monthly to support their education
- The students had to be enrolled at UNILORIN and have a CGPA of 3.45 or higher
A Nigerian man with a Twitter handle @_folarin has announced a scholarship that would sponsor five deserving students from the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) for six months.
He said that each student would receive N20,000 monthly to support their education expenses, such as tuition fees, books, and transportation.
Source: Twitter
The applicants must be a student of UNILORIN and have a CGPA of 3.45 or higher at the time of application. The generous gesture was applauded by some of the university students who expressed their gratitude and appreciation.
Speaking briefly with Legit.ng, the young man outlined the motivation behind his support:
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“I was born in a family where things were rosy before it went a bit south when my dad’s oil and gas business crumbled. We fought our ways to be where we are with Allah’s grace. It was a bit hard as an undergraduate student at university of Ilorin, and I made sure to graduate with a very strong CGPA. I know how hard students are finding it to be able to pay their school fees with the present situation of Nigeria. The department I graduated from have few students on monthly stipends that I am sponsoring as well. All in all, I just hope more people can come on board and we will be able to assist more students regardless of their academic performances and this will better their academic journeys as well.”
See the tweet below:
Man launches scheme to offer scholarships to students who graduated with second class lower
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a Nigerian man identified as David Adefunmilayo also announced the launch of his new scheme which would assist graduates with second class lower and third class degrees.
According to Funmi, grades in school, especially in the Nigerian system of education, should not determine how a person is viewed in the society.
He further made reference to one of his brilliant friends who graduated with a second class lower but has lost opportunities despite being academically sound.
Brilliant Nigerian boy beats 2,648 graduates, gets honoured by US school
In another related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian boy, Achunike Okafor, was honoured by Science Park High School in Newark, New Jersey, for his extraordinary performance.
According to TapIntoNewark, an online newspaper, Okafor received an International Baccalaureate diploma with a record-shattering 4.625-grade point average.
Okafor's GPA is the highest among Newark's 2,649 graduates in the Class of 2023 and the highest for the city public school district.
His achievement earned him more than 40 scholarship offers, many from the nation's top universities, including Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Princeton, Penn State, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, and Rutgers.
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