Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara,
has congratulated students of Ohogua Internally Displaced
Persons, IDPs, camp, Benin City, Edo State, for their impressive
performance in the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, UTME, results released by the Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board, JAMB

A statement from the speaker’s office Sunday, quoted the general
overseer of International Christian Mission Centre and operator of
the camp, Solomon Folorunsho as saying that 59 of the 63 who
wrote the exam scored above 200, with some scoring as high as
298.


It will be recalled that Dogara paid the registration fees of the
students for the examination, including WAEC, NECO and NABTEB,
as part of his support for displaced persons across the country.
The speaker, who noted that he was very pleased with the
performance of the students, said: “This is another manifestation
of the inherent resilience of Nigerians, whether young or old, and
their ability to record notable achievements, even in the face of
daunting challenges.”


Dogara commended the operators of the camp as well as other
displaced camps in the country for their continued selfless efforts
in ensuring that displaced persons were cared for, assuring of
intensified efforts by the government to ensure their safe return to
their homes and communities.


The speaker also called on spirited Nigerians with the means to
support the students to prevent their present unfavourable
circumstances from hampering their future.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/dogara-lauds-edo-idp-students-others-exceptional-performance-waec-neco-jamb/