EKITI STATE GOVERNOR APPROVES N241,549,000 MILLION FOR 2025/2026 UNDERGRADUATE BURSARIES.
By Olamide Akinwumi.
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has graciously approved the disbursement of Two Hundred and Forty-One Million, Five Hundred and Forty-Nine Thousand Naira (₦241,549,000) only for bursary awards to 5,683 Ekiti State undergraduates in tertiary institutions across Nigeria for the 2025/2026 Academic Session.
This announcement was made today by the Chairman of the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, Hon.Wole Adebola(Esq.) through the Executive Secretary Mrs Bukola Faluyi. A total of 5,683 students will receive bursary awards, the number which was determined after a rigorous screening and verification process conducted by the Board and the respective tertiary institutions. She emphasized that this initiative aligns with Governor Oyebanji's Shared Prosperity Agenda in Human Capital Development and reiterated further that Governor Oyebanji has earlier approved the increment of the Bursary award from ₦20,000 to ₦40,000 in January 2026.
The Chairman expressed gratitude to Governor Oyebanji for his unwavering commitment to education and acknowledged the invaluable contributions of the Honorable Commissioner for Education Dr. (Mrs) Kofoworola Olabimpe Aderiye (mni) and the Scholarship Board members. She also commended the scholarship board team for their diligence and work well done in completing the verification process. Meanwhile, the Undergraduates, Masters and PhD scholarship awards is under processing.
Eligible students will receive their payments soonest.
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