Sanwo-Olu Increases Student’s Bursary By 100%

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has approved an increment of 100 per cent on bursary payable to the students of Lagos State origin in tertiary institutions across the country.

The increment according to the state government would   take effect from 2022/ 2023 academic session.

Executive Secretary, Lagos State  Scholarship Board, Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki  dropped the hints at the weekend during a meeting with representatives of the National  Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Lagos State Chapter, and National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) at  the Secretariat,  Alausa, Ikeja.

The meeting which was held at the instance of the special adviser to Governor Sanwo- Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab  had in attendance, presidents and  some executive members of  both the two students union bodies NANS and NULAS and representatives of the state government.

The100 per cent bursary increment and other benefits according to the board secretary were aimed at supporting the educational needs of students of Lagos State origin to let them cope with the present economic reality.

Lekki also disclosed that the Lagos State government at the just concluded economic summit known as ‘’Ehingbeti   Summit’’ approved the resolutions on the  establishment of  Lagos Diaspora Scholarship Funds  which is aimed at providing scholarship and bursary benefits  generally to all Lagos State resident students  in tertiary institution in any part of the country to support their education.

While appealing to the students over a little delay in the payment of the remaining 2020/ 2021 and 2021/2022 bursary/ scholarship benefits, the board secretary explained that the delay was necessitated by the on- going data-cleansing/verification exercise across all institutions by the state government to ensure that only qualified students of the Lagos State origin benefited from the scheme.

He explained that the  Lagos State Scholarship Board through the on- going verification and data cleansing  exercise  discovered that some people who  either  were no more students  or  not even students of any higher institution were benefiting from the scheme  in a fraudulent way at the expense of the  original students of the  state that the scheme was meant for.