NDDC Scholarship Beneficiaries In UK Protest Over NDDC's Non-Payment Of Their Tuition Fees (Photos)

The 2018 and 2019 Scholarship beneficiaries of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, on Monday, 20/07/2020, assembled at the Nigerian High Commission, London, to cry out to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari over the non-payment of their tuition fee by the NDDC, IgbereTV reports.

The scholars asked President Buhari to speedily effect the payment, because they stand the risk of eviction from their institutions and subsequent deportation, as their institutions had already threatened to stop their scholarship programmes.

A letter jointly sent by the scholars to President Buhari reads in part:

“Your Excellency, we have continually been harassed by series of letters from our institutions threatening to withdraw their service. Some students have not been very lucky as the responsibility for the payment of their tuition has been transferred to them with strict timelines and conditions.

“For over ten (10) months, scholars have been subjected to all kinds of dehumanising challenges now compounded by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Scholars now struggle to feed themselves, pay for accommodation and bills. Since the pandemic and subsequent global lockdown, the part-time jobs that many engaged in for survival have all been lost."

“We are now losing focus and depressed due to the fear of being evicted from our schools and subsequent deportation."

“Your Excellency, Mr President Sir, it is important to add that while the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) ensures that their scholars’ tuition and upkeep are paid as at when due, NDDC has abandoned its scholars bringing the name of our dear country to great disrepute and dishonour before our schools."

They asked President Buhari to order the management of NDDC to “respond to emails from our respective schools as they at the verge of terminating the admission of most students and are beginning to question the authenticity of our certificate of award."

“Effect the payment of our tuition and upkeep allowances as soon as possible and ensure that the Central Bank of Nigeria implement the same foreign exchange rate applicable to the recent 2019 awardees as there exist a discrepancy on our NDDC Scholarship Online Portal with no tangible reason given.

“Ensure that all 2018 and 2019 awardees are paid at the same time and not in Batches”.­

chozzy:

Oga, how did you arrive at your 15 trillion calculation ?
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Franking:


Hold their leaders accountable how? If NDDC funds are stolen then the law is there to make them pay. How do I hold Akpabio accountable?

FamousMonk:
Why always Nigerians?
Are you guys the only useless people in this world

EVILFOREST:


At Least some people have to be USELESS naaa

Oduok:
I am beginning to believe that granting southern Nigerians a separate country will be to the disadvantage of southerners. The southerners are terrible to her people. Most times we wish British had not handed Nigeria to Nigerians. It might seem to be worse when Southern Seccession is granted to southerners.

TuborTee143:
Those NDDC guys are wicked o.. would they have left their own children to suffer like that??

The money is there, but then, why hoard it?
It was last month thereabout they paid us 10k transport allowance to some of us that attended 2018 scholarship interview. And that's simply because they perceived this probe (so at least they can say we channelled so and so amount for this).

Physical Wickedness in high places.

DIVINEEVIDENCE:
Nigeria is cursed.

You hear me?
Naija is cursed.

Nonsense and daamn niggar!

Oduok:
I am beginning to believe that granting southern Nigerians a separate country will be to the disadvantage of southerners. The southerners are terrible to her people. Most times we wish British had not handed Nigeria to Nigerians. It might seem to be worse when Southern Seccession is granted to southerners.

omenka:
Nigeria isnt cursed really. We are abundantly blessed but our leaders are cursed. That is why nothing good ever comes put of them.

Agugbadin:


We were not ready for independence as at 1960,if Nigeria waited till year 2000,our country will be better than what it is today.