Governor Obiano presents scholarship funds, incentives to Anambra students and pupils (details)

www.odogwublog.com brings you the details if the scholarship awards by Governor Willie Obiano where about 82 students and pupils of Anambra origin received Scholarship funds and incentives totaling about 11 million naira from Governor Willie Obiano.
The beneficiaries were students and pupils who have distinguished themselves in various academic fields, competitions and in discipline as well as physically-challenged students from special schools in the state.

Others included children who were orphaned in the 2012 Boko Haram killings in Mubi, Adamawa state as well as those whose parents died in active service.

Presenting the Cheques at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, Governor Obiano is consolidating on the gains already recorded by the state in the education sector to break new grounds.

According to him, the largesse to the children who lost their parents was in keeping with his resolve to always remain sensitive to the pulse of Ndi Anambra and to ensure that no Anambra Child is denied education on the basis of their inability to afford such.

“I am very proud that for the past three years, Anambra has remained tops in both WAEC and NECO exams. We are continuing to build solid foundations for such progress to continue. It is also an opportunity to sympathize with Ndi Anambra that were forced to come down here because of the challenges we are having in the North-East Geopolitical zone of the country and to show them that we share in their loss. Before now, we have been distributing food items to them and this largesse is to tell them that we are not going to leave them,” said the Governor.

Earlier the Commissioner for Education, Professor Kate Omenugha said the State Education Sector is able to register numerous landmarks not only because the Governor has remained committed to the academic development of the students but also to the welfare of the teachers.

She speaks, “ Since this administration came into office, it has distributed over 30 million naira in scholarships. Some of these scholarships were inherited from the past administration and in the light of continuity, it upheld them while others it instituted through the Ministry of Education. This edition is unique in that it encompasses special students in keeping with the present administration’s commitment to ensure that the learning needs of all are met irrespective of status”.

Some of the beneficiaries including Master Chiagozie Udorji, an SS1 student of Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha who was part of Nigeria’s Contingent to the 2015 World School’s Debate in Singapore and Mr Kelvin Anozie, a student of ANSU who is on scholarship for emerging the overall best Igbo student in the 2008 WAEC Exam, said the investments made in the education sector was the driving factor behind their successes and assured that they will continue to utilize the scholarship to make the state proud.

In an emotion-laden voice, One of the widows from Adazi-Nnukwu who received incentives on behalf of her five children, Mrs Agatha Aghachi who noted that since she lost her husband, life has been hard for her and her children, said the fund will go a long way in supporting her children’s education, describing Governor Obiano as god-sent.