As part of measures to ensure that no one is deprived of education because of lack of sponsorship, the Abisola Omisore Education Support Initiative has offered about 250 indigent residents of Lagos State free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms to sit for the examination.
Fielding questions from journalists after engaging the students on the scholarship benefits and completing the registration process for them yesterday in the Ikeja area of the state, Abisola Omisore said this has been his annual commitment to youth development within the state, particularly in Ikeja local government.
Passionate about nurturing future leaders and ending poverty through education, frontline aspirant in the forthcoming Local Government election in Ikeja Chairmanship race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abisola Omisore reiterated his commitment to continuously pay tuition fees of indigent university students from the council, to assist parents offset their expenses.
In addition, Omisore, as part of his annual commitment to education development, distributed over 250 free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms to varsity applicants within the council.
The beneficiaries of the form, who were indigent applicants drawn inside the council, were also assisted by the aspirant through his foundation, Abisola Omisore Education Support Initiative, to complete the registration process and prevent any hitch.
The aspirant stressed that this initiative has assisted students for many years before the aspirant expressed the ambition to contest for the council seat in Ikeja.
He added that the gesture would be expanded if he were elected council chairman for Ikeja local government, saying all that I have been doing years before, especially in education, will be made bigger to give the next generation a better foundation to excel in.
While assuring residents that he is prepared to change the narrative on education within Ikeja, he explained that the scholarship would be given to at least three students with the highest UTME scores during the 2025 examination.
He disclosed that his conviction is to use these programmes to stamp out poverty and raise a generation of leaders equipped with solutions to the country’s challenges, particularly Lagos State.
Earlier, one of the beneficiaries, Abimbola Agbeniga, who intends to study Economics at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile—Ife, Osun State, commended the young aspirant for the gesture, saying Omisore has relieved me of the stress and financial burden of obtaining the form and filling out the documents.
