Etisalat has awarded 50 Nigerian undergraduates
from different Nigerian universities with N100, 000
each in the Etisalat Merit Award.

Beneficiaries of the award were 10 students each
from; the University of Lagos (UNILAG), University
of Benin (UNIBEN), Obafemi Awolowo University,
(OAU), Ile Ife, Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, and Adekunle
Ajasin University, (AAU), Ondo State.

The selected students had a Cumulative Grade
Point Average from 3.89 to 5 points in their
academic records.
A presentation by Team UNILAG, “Project Social
Media Centre” was adjudged third best while the
first and second position went to UNIBEN and OAU
respectively.

The Etisalat Merit Award is a scholarship scheme
designed to fulfill the company’s goal of
empowering the society through knowledge
acquisition and promoting education within
Nigeria.
The scheme focuses on awarding grants
to second and third year students enrolled in any
Nigerian University.