"2800 People Have Applied": Canada-Based Man Helps People Get Passport to Japa, Deadline is Today
- Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, the Canada-based Nigerian who mobilised funds to help poor students get passports, said the application ends on January 3
- Dr Igbalajobi told Legit.ng that 2,899 people have so far applied for the passport intervention funds
- He said donations are still coming in and that, at the moment, there is N1,790,000 at hand but insisted there would be no extension of the deadline
A Nigerian man living in Canada said he has mobilised N1,790,000 to help poor students pay for their international passports.
The passport support fund is meant for those who want to study abroad under scholarships but lack money.
Source: UGC
The application portal for the fund was opened on January 1, and those interested were encouraged to apply on the Scholarship Cafe Website.
Apply for Nigerian passport intervention fund
Speaking to Legit.ng in a short chat, the brain behind the mobilisation of funds, Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, said at least N2,899 people had applied so far.
Also, he insisted that the application deadline would not be extended. His words:
"There are 2899 applicants and we now have N1,790,000. We have to close early."
An earlier X post by Scholarship Carfe indicates that those applying must have at least a second-class upper division or an upper credit if they are HND graduates.
Those selected would be given funds to pay for their international passports, helping them apply for scholarship opportunities abroad.
The post reads:
"Graduation with a minimum of 2.1/Upper Credit required. Applicants should be from a low or middle-income country."
See the post below:
Man helps young people to start businesses
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Noel Ifeanyi Alumona, a Nigerian student studying in the USA, has set N3 million aside to fund start-up ventures in Nigeria.
Noel, who won the 2022 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens, is doing this through his NGO called Boys Champions Foundation.
In a chat with Legit.ng, Noel said his aim is to empower young Nigerians who desire to go into entrepreneurship but lack capital.
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Source: Legit.ng
Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 10 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.
Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi (Scholarship expert and CEO of Scholarship Cafe) Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi (PhD) is an educationist based in Canada. He is the founder of Scholarship Carfe, a body that helps Nigerians to secure scholarships abroad. Igbalajobi provides informed insights on scholarship-related matters on his X (Twitter) page regularly.
