President, Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, has raised the alarm over the plight of over 6,000 Niger Delta students on Federal Government’s scholarships in some foreign universities.

He said the authorities of the foreign universities had started delisting the students, majority of whom were Ijaws, due to the alleged Federal Government’s failure to pay the students’ fees.

Eradiri, who made the revelation at a news conference on Tuesday in Yenagoa, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and other well meaning Nigerians to wade into the matter to save the students.

He said the students’ plight was compounded by the vacuum in the Presidential Amnesty Programme because of absence of an administrator for the programme.

The IYC boss said the amnesty programme had of recent been beset with a lot of bureaucratic bottlenecks due to absence of an administrator.

He therefore urged President Buhari to appoint an administrator for the programme or do whatever he could with “the executive power he wields to ensure that somebody begins to take responsibility in that office.”

He said he had been under intense pressure in trying to maintain the peace in the region because stipends to ex-agitators had not been paid for the last two months.

Eradiri said he and other Ijaw leaders had been appealing for calm and for them not to take to the streets, nor go back to the creeks.

He stressed that they had been appealing to them to give President Buhari an opportunity to run government.

“I want to use this opportunity to call on the Niger Delta leaders, well meaning Nigerians and President Muhammadu Buhari to the fact that the cause of the vacuum in the presidential amnesty programme is as a result of the change in leadership.

“It has begun to tell on the lives of our young ones that are undergoing university training as a result of the amnesty programme in various countries – America, United Kingdom, London, South Africa and other African countries where we have young Nigerians.

“These young Nigerians who are undergoing education and training scattered round the world, because of the bureaucratic nature of the programme, the funding used to be month by month, most of the upkeep of the students is usually on a monthly basis.

But for two months now, the students have not been paid; the financial obligations to the institutions have not been met and so we heard the shocking news that some of the institutions have started delisting some of the students studying there.

“As for the UK, we know that rents are paid monthly and when the stipends are paid, these students also pay their rent. As I speak to you, a lot of them now are being thrown out of their accommodation; they are all on the streets.”

He said the matter was getting to a breaking point where they could no longer hold them (youths) back because “we have been doing that with just the word of mouth and the goodwill we enjoy as leaders. But when government fails to do their own part, then very unfortunately, we will not be able to maintain the peace as it was in the last few months.”



http://www.punchng.com/news/foreign-varsities-delisting-ndelta-students/

This is one good step taken in the right direction by Buhari. Our Expenditures don plenty pass income.. Haba!

Too outrageous, why won't Nigeria be broke, we are suffering from Mismanagement of funds, may God deliver Nigeria.

Some of them came to the country screaming "sa Buhari" and some got partying with sahara reporters. They might be the first victims of the change they sought for.

If this is for the greater good, PMB Ride on

When they stop paying ya fees its time to stop the oil flow.

nice move. let their be equal benefit for all nigerians

This is misleading,its Ijaw students and not Niger Delta student,its a conduit pipe to enrich themselves.

Buhari dey look 4 trouble!

buhari just did 1 month in power how cn he cancel 2 months salary?

incase

And that is the end of the whole story... come back home guys, una don learn fimish

Where is the proof of this?

Make una papa and mamas try pay the cash, just like some of ours did! If e pain una make una go holla orubebe or ebele! Either which way we no send!

If the amount of money spent sponsoring these guys in foreign institutions is spent upgrading our universities, Nigerian universities will be the best in Africa.

Do we know how much we're talking about here? You need a minimum of £90,000 to train an international student for a BSc programme in the UK. Multiply this amount by 6,000 (approx Nos of ex militants in foreign institutions) and you will get the ridiculous, frightening amount being wasted.

By the way, 90% of the so called ex militants are enjoying lavish lifestyles in the UK and the US; another 65% are don't even know how to spell their names (hope you get my drift ).

If I'm to advise GMB, get these guys to write examination here in Nigeria and anyone who scores below an acceptable band should be withdrawn from his foreign institution and thrown back to the creeks. I hope GMB reads this

One Nigeria my foot if they were from the North they won't stop their school fees instead they would increase it.
The north scamming Nigerians since 1960.

So call SS should be ready for more is on the way most of your benefits will be cut down chibuike amaechi use rivers state money to sponsor empty head buhari... common monorail wike cannot complete and you say you have oil? this is very sad..you might as well say SS don't have anything is better that way..

This dura dullard is looking for trouble.

What happened to sponsoring their academics in Nigerian universities?

I'm not with Gej on this one hoo haa.

This ppl shud stop lieing and trying to rub dirt on Buharis govt, Fg didn't stop paying school fees of anybody, Fg stopped paying school fees of ppl who got back door scholarship simply because there brother was on seat.

lygn19:
This ppl shud stop lieing and trying to rub dirt on Buharis govt, Fg didn't stop paying school fees of anybody, Fg stopped paying school fees of ppl who got back door scholarship simply because there brother was on seat.

and we should believe you because, u work for the president. Na wah for Nigerians sef

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He said the matter was getting to a breaking point where they could no longer hold them (youths) back because “we have been doing that with just the word of mouth and the goodwill we enjoy as leaders. But when government fails to do their own part, then very unfortunately, we will not be able to maintain the peace as it was in the last few months."


These ppl are at it again.. imagine the above statement.. I laud the project but why not sponsor it with state government funds.. why always the FG. To me tribal equity must be considered for a better tomorrow for all Nigerians

What happened to nigerian universities?.

aminho:
buhari just did 1 month in power how cn he cancel 2 months salary?

That is the question that bigot called mogdi should answer. Who doesn't know they payments ceased because what was meant for them was stolen by their own brother Kuku??

They should go and meet Kuku to pay them all the monies he owes them. I remember at some point they threatened to deal with him because he had turned the "amnesty program" to a private business where selected friends and family members only benefit from the funds made available to the office.

Nonsense.

In Just 30 days

Nigerians just like 'sparking off' tribal lyrics; they forget that the FG is made up of people from their own tribes too.

It would have been better if he stopped further enrollment of entrants instead of cutting existing students' studies short.

flyca:
It would have been better if he stopped further enrollment of entrants instead of cutting existing students' studies short.

I totally agree with you 100%

ducii:
President, Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, has raised the alarm over the plight of over 6,000 Niger Delta students on Federal Government’s scholarships in some foreign universities.

He said the authorities of the foreign universities had started delisting the students, majority of whom were Ijaws, due to the alleged Federal Government’s failure to pay the students’ fees.

Eradiri, who made the revelation at a news conference on Tuesday in Yenagoa, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and other well meaning Nigerians to wade into the matter to save the students.

He said the students’ plight was compounded by the vacuum in the Presidential Amnesty Programme because of absence of an administrator for the programme.

The IYC boss said the amnesty programme had of recent been beset with a lot of bureaucratic bottlenecks due to absence of an administrator.

He therefore urged President Buhari to appoint an administrator for the programme or do whatever he could with “the executive power he wields to ensure that somebody begins to take responsibility in that office.”

He said he had been under intense pressure in trying to maintain the peace in the region because stipends to ex-agitators had not been paid for the last two months.

Eradiri said he and other Ijaw leaders had been appealing for calm and for them not to take to the streets, nor go back to the creeks.

He stressed that they had been appealing to them to give President Buhari an opportunity to run government.

“I want to use this opportunity to call on the Niger Delta leaders, well meaning Nigerians and President Muhammadu Buhari to the fact that the cause of the vacuum in the presidential amnesty programme is as a result of the change in leadership.

“It has begun to tell on the lives of our young ones that are undergoing university training as a result of the amnesty programme in various countries – America, United Kingdom, London, South Africa and other African countries where we have young Nigerians.

“These young Nigerians who are undergoing education and training scattered round the world, because of the bureaucratic nature of the programme, the funding used to be month by month, most of the upkeep of the students is usually on a monthly basis.

But for two months now, the students have not been paid; the financial obligations to the institutions have not been met and so we heard the shocking news that some of the institutions have started delisting some of the students studying there.

“As for the UK, we know that rents are paid monthly and when the stipends are paid, these students also pay their rent. As I speak to you, a lot of them now are being thrown out of their accommodation; they are all on the streets.”

He said the matter was getting to a breaking point where they could no longer hold them (youths) back because “we have been doing that with just the word of mouth and the goodwill we enjoy as leaders. But when government fails to do their own part, then very unfortunately, we will not be able to maintain the peace as it was in the last few months.”



http://www.punchng.com/news/foreign-varsities-delisting-ndelta-students/

If them no wan go school for Naija make the rest.

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