A total of 5,441 students have been shortlisted for the 2025/2026 Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, Scholarship and Bursary Award following the conclusion of the selection process.
The Board, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Secretary, Dapo Oke, said the successful candidates emerged from over 12,000 applications received for the programme after a thorough evaluation exercise.
According to the statement, 1,735 candidates were shortlisted for the scholarship award, while 3,706 others qualified for the bursary scheme.
The bursary beneficiaries comprise “2,026 candidates from Ogun West Senatorial District, 946 from Ogun Central and 734 from Ogun East.”
A breakdown of the Ogun West bursary beneficiaries showed that “308 candidates are from Ado-Odo/Ota, 302 from Imeko-Afon, 500 from Ipokia, 465 from Yewa North and 451 from Yewa South.”
For the scholarship category, “Ado-Odo/Ota produced 425 beneficiaries, Imeko-Afon 186, Ipokia 493, Yewa North 361 and Yewa South 270, bringing
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