Clark grants scholarships to 100 undergraduates

FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South- South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, offered scholarships to no fewer than 100 qualifying students who gained admission into his newly established university.

Disclosing this at his Asokoro residence, Abuja, Chief Clark, who noted that the gesture was the only way to give back to the society, said: “This scholarship scheme will encourage students from different parts of Nigeria to live and learn together in a patriotic spirit and thus contribute to the socio-economic development of our country.”

According to the elderstatesman, the action was another way of cushioning the effects of the financial burden on parents, guardians and sponsors of potential students of the university, adding that the scholarship cuts across 15 disciplines that would be offered in the Edwin Clark University, ECU.

Reiterating why he chose education, Clark noted that on his 85th birthday when the idea came to him to do something as a legacy, the only thing that crossed his mind was education.
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