Eleven indigent students of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, have received scholarship awards worth a total of N1.1m from the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan branch.
The awards, presented on Thursday, comprised N200,000 each for two students from the union’s national body, N100,000 each for five recipients from the university’s ASUU branch, and N50,000 each for four students sponsored by a professor at the institution, Tajudeen Akanji.
Speaking during the presentation of cheques at the union’s congress, the Vice-Chairman of UI-ASUU, Dr Tayo Ajibade, who represented the branch chairman, Dr Adefemi Afolabi, disclosed that 56 indigent students had applied for the scholarship, but only 11 were found qualified.
He said, “The urge to support indigent students was the directive of the national body of the union to all chapters to support in a little way, children from indigent homes who really need financial support.
“ASUU has
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