NDDC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME: A CURSE OR A BLESSING
The NDDC postgraduate scholarship scheme was initiated in 2011 with the mandate of sponsoring suitably qualified indigenes from the Niger Delta region overseas for postgraduate studies and since then the scheme has added value to the region through human capital development.
it was therefore with joy and hope that successful candidates of the 2015 NDDC postgraduate scheme who were selected after a computer based test and rigorous interview session received their scholarship award letters in July 2015.
The joy and hope however has turned to sadness and gloom as between September and today (May 21st 2016) only a handful of scholars have received their tutition while some have not received tuition nor maintenance/upkeep allowance. Most of the scholars took out loans just to be able to make the trip back in September as the management of NDDC promised to disburse the scholarship sum with alacrity and now all of the scholars have resorted to doing menial jobs just to survive to the detriment of their academics. The following questions beg to be answered:
1. Why would NDDC abandon scholars in a foreign land without funds?
2. Why would NDDC initiate the 2016 scholarship scheme when the 2015 scholars have not been paid?
3. Why are the emails and phone calls of scholars to NDDC management not responded to OR returned?
We demand an answer... We demand our rights