Why Britain Is Investing Resources To Educate Nigerians
The United Kingdom is investing resources on Nigerians students and other nationals to improve their societies back home.
The Senior Political Adviser to the British Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, Wale Adebajo, disclosed this on Wednesday in Ilorin during a Chevening Scholarship workshop organised by the British High Commission and the Kwara State Government.
The event which was attended by hundreds of youths was to encourage many qualified Kwarans to apply for the scholarship.
The scholarship is a UK-funded programme by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations.
Adebajo said, “The UK is investing in the beneficiaries to go and learn in the UK, get global exposure and come back to develop Nigeria and their societies.”
He said, “22,000 pounds, which is equivalent to N30m, will be expended on each of the 44 candidates this year to cover all the processes to the end,” adding that, “Those who want to further will have to fund the rest of their programme themselves; which is 36,000 pounds.
Chevening's Programme Officer, Oluwafunmilayo Ladipo, on her part, said the programme was not meant for Nigerians to “jappa” (abscond) from the country as some people erroneously believe.
In his remarks, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq thanked the organisers of the intellectual gathering and encouraged “our scholars/youths to take advantage of this opportunity as the government cannot do it all alone.”
Represented by the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Dr Afeez Alabi Abolore, Gov AbdulRazaq said the current administration had contributed immensely to human capital development in the state and was willing to partner with the organisation.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Oko CT Ayeni David Oyerinola Adedunmoye Harmony Holdings Yusuf Aiyedun Saad Omo Iya Iyabo Adewuyi Kamaldeen Gambari Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa Lai Mohammed 08001000100 Aso Ofi Inside Kwara Muritala Olarewaju Toyin Abdullahi International Aviation College KWASEIC Mope Dasuki Belgore Abdulbaqi Jimoh Radio SBS Budo Egba Ishak Mohammed Sabi Iyiola Oyedepo Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu Just Law Forum General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Tafidan Kaiama Gobir Ekiti Goodluck Jonathan Lateef Alagbonsi Alabi Lawal AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa Saliu Ajibola Ajia Bolaji Abdullahi Jani Ibrahim MalHub FOMWAN Illyasu Abdullahi Boko Haram African Democratic Congress Ahmed Saidu Rufai HYPPADEC NIPR Kuliyan Geri Zainab Abass Ilorin Like-Minds Ishaq Abdulkarim Musa Yeketi Fatai Adeniyi Garba Biliaminu Aliu Kaiama Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Abdulrazaq Sanni Umar Saro Alikinla Ibrahim Abiodun Patience Jonathan Lanre Olosunde Fola Consultant Olota Of Odo-Owa SWAN Titus Ashaolu Turaki Of Ilorin Khairat Gwadabe Yusuf Amuda Gobir Yusuf Abubakar Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman Yaru Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa Labaeka Yahaya Abdulkareem Fatimoh Lawal Offa Grammer School Local Government Pension Board Kamaldeen Ajibade

