RSG Scholarship: 1050 Indigenes To Study Locally

Not fewer than 1050 students of Rivers State Origin have been awarded scholarships by the State Government in Nigerian Universities, while about 154 are to study abroad.

The figures were declared by the state Commissioner for Education Dame Alice Nemi during a meeting with the beneficiaries in her office recently in Port Harcourt.

The Education Commissioner stated that the state government is desirous of giving qualitative education to its citizens, noting that fees for the students which will last for three years ??? had been paid fully.

She commended the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi for his vision to improve all levels of the educational sector from the early child to the universities, by not only putting down infrastructure  but also giving scholarships at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

Dame Nemi advised all the beneficiaries of the government scholarship, especially the post-graduate students to take their studies seriously with the view to returning with adequate knowledge or societal development.

In her words: “By the end of your studies you are expected to bring in the wealth of experiences and transfer it to the state”.

She remarked that without quality education, poverty and crime would remain unabated.  She stressed that the government expects them to come back as the best brains that can compete with their counterpart elsewhere in the world.

Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Elder Frank Owajionye thanked the governor for the rear opportunity given to them to study in order to improve their wealth of knowledge for the new Rivers state University of Science and Technology (RSUST).

Elder Owajionye assured the commissioners that they will make the state proud and will not be disappointed. He however prayed that this gesture should continue and extend to other levels of the education sector to have an all round transportation in the education system of Rivers State.

The foreign scholarships included about six Ph. D students from RSUSt, which is part of the promise made by the state Governor when he visited the university in 2007.