The Lagos State Office of Diaspora Affairs has offered a 50 per cent tuition scholarship to students admitted into a new Master of Diaspora and Migration Studies programme at Lagos State University.
The scholarship, for the 2025/2026 academic session, is part of a collaboration between the agency and LASU to develop specialised expertise in migration, diaspora engagement and related policy areas.
Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Office of Diaspora Affairs, Jermaine Sanwo-Olu, said the initiative was designed to strengthen the institutional capacity required to manage Lagos’ growing relationship with its diaspora and respond to emerging migration trends.
Sanwo-Olu said the idea for the programme and the Centre for Diaspora and Migration Studies was developed in collaboration with LASU during his doctoral studies.
He said, “The initiative reflects Lagos State’s commitment to building stronger institutional structures for engaging its diaspora and responding strategically to emerging migration realities.”
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