franfumu:


Olodo, didn't you read that they are doing menial jobs already. They clean toilets, dispose refuse to buy food and transportation to school. Olodo, let me ask you, how will they pay their fees, accommodation etc. You see, you are a confirm Olodo. Please read the post again.

majekdom2:
I hear PTDF does the same even after selling million of scratch cards. Do we blame IBB or Buhari now. Hmmm, short of words.

iphyconsult:
This is actually a good time for the UK scholars to match to the embassy. This time that buhari is in UK. Can you see the 2015 scholar did last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFXW6drB8U

Hiccups:
How I wish 2016 Scholars will match to embassy at UK now that Mr. President is around.

Geesugar:


The Embassy people self get their own complain about unpaid arrears or so. it is well with Nigeria

Jiang:


if they can do all these work you mentioned & they are still broke. them be completely useless, they should just come back home.

iphyconsult:
This is actually a good time for the UK scholars to match to the embassy. This time that buhari is in UK. Can you see the 2015 scholar did last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFXW6drB8U

Geesugar:



Tuition for MSc and PhD is not moimoi o. it is not Bsc. plus Research money. Ordinary Bsc research I know how costly it was especially for science students.

N don't forget that the institutions that they are attending was not selected based on the presumption that they will be paying from their own labor. if they had known that they will be working to pay their fees, they would have selected institutions with that in mind( I know because I have applied to study abroad before )
plus the tuition fee for foreign applicants is exorbitant) Even in Nigerian universities tuition for foreigners is a lot higher. so in my opinion even if they decide to work 24/7( which is impossible because they have to study too) they will still not be able to pay

Jiang:


Your missing the entire point here so...

Mayflowa:


No. You are the one missing it. No one can work to pay tuition in UK. You can only talk about meals. It's even hard for housing. Some fees go as much as 20,000 thousand pounds. Students are only allowed to work 20 hrs per week. Minimum wage is about 6.50 to 7.50 pounds. Let do the calculations:

6.50 x 20hrs = 130 pounds per week
That will amount to 520 pounds per month
For 8 months===> 520 X 8 = 4160 pounds. which is equivalent to 2.08million in Nigeria naira.

Assuming these students are staying under the cold bridge and dring water as food, now tell me how they would raise the other 15,000 pounds for their tuition.

Guy...Who has that dog's eye's pic?

Anfieldboss:
Lalasticlala, Seun, Olawalebabs, Mynd44 you guys should move this to Front page already.

These students need to get all the media attention they can get.

Michael6292:
Lalasticlala, Seun, Olawalebabs, Mynd44 you guys
should move this to Front page already.
These students need to get all the media attention
they can get.

lalasticlala:


How many times do you want this on Home page?

Mayflowa:


CNN keeps reporting a case until it is blown out of proportion. That is how media works. Just like I kept seeing mercy aigbe 's stories on front page and the world knew she was battered.

Mayflowa:


This version hasn't been on home page. More so, you may not know how serious this case is. It is already consuming lives. Lives of high intelligence in a particular area.

CNN keeps reporting a case until it is blown out of proportion. That is how media works. Just like I kept seeing mercy aigbe 's stories on front page and the world knew she was battered.

Hiccups:


Valid point. @lalasticlala there's no harm helping this student out by pushing this thread to FP if possible every day till government come to their aid

Dejinxzy:
OPEN LETTER TO THE NDDC MANAGING DIRECTOR

On behalf of the 2016 NDDC Scholars, we write to express our displeasure, disappointment and pathetic predicament at the hands of the Niger Delta Development Commission.

On the 4th of October 2016 at the Pre-Departure Briefing of the successful 2016 NDDC Scholars at Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, we were presented with an award letter which clearly provides for the payment of our Scholarship Fund. The award letter stipulates in Paragraph 2, Clause N that;

“Your tuition fee shall be disbursed directly to your University from your scholarship fund, while the balance, if any will be paid into your account for your accommodation and upkeep.”

Furthermore in accordance with the tradition of NDDC we were promised mobilisation fee to ameliorate the cost of our travel expenses, to wit; air ticket and visa application fees.

While we were assured of the payment of the said Scholarship Fund and Mobilisation Fee almost immediately by the former managing director, 8 months after, not even a dime has been paid to the 168 awardees of the 2016 Scholarship scheme. We are indeed very weary of the long wait and dejected by the embarrassment this has caused us in our various universities abroad. The said scholarship funds were provided for in the 2016 budget, however, 5 months into 2017 we still have not been paid. One can only imagine that the delay is deliberate to enrich the pockets of those causing the needless delays.

On the 5th of December, 2016, we paid a visit to the commission seeking to get an update on the delay of our funds. We were told that the funds were being processed and promised that it shall be disbursed soonest. Till date, we are still desperately waiting for the payment.

On the 20th of April 2017, due to the massive outcry and suicide attempts by some of the 2016 scholars, the commission reluctantly paid 32 scholars out of the 200 awardees, leaving the remaining 168 to wallow in want, dejection and despair. Since the commencement of our studies abroad, the quality of our lives have substantially declined due to the failure and reckless negligence of the commission to pay our upkeep funds. It beats our imagination how a country, through NDDC, can abandon its nationals in a foreign land for 8 months with impunity and immeasurable disdain, without providing any means of survival for them as provided for in our scholarship award letters.

Sadly, some of our colleagues were denied admission because of the non-reliance of the NDDC award letters by their institutions, because the commission is notorious abroad for its reckless and unnecessary delay in honouring its financial obligations to the institutions and scholars alike. Majority of the awardees are still in Nigeria because they could not afford the travel expense because NDDC has neglected to fund the travel expense as promised.

In light of the aforestated, we humbly request a detailed update on the true situation of things and prompt payment of the Scholarship and Mobilization funds. Sadly, we are almost at the verge of losing academic focus because of lack of funds. Our daily sad but inevitable distractions in school includes but are not limited to: hunger and starvation, constant embarrassment from the University authorities who threaten to unregister our studentship and report us to immigration service for non-payment of fees, embarrassment from our landlord's with the threat of eviction and lack of funds to buy basic clothing.

On this basis we do appeal to the office of the Ag. President, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, the senior special assistant to the President on Foreign matters and diaspora, the Governors of the Niger Delta States and the Managing Director of NDDC for a quick intervention on this issue.

Nothwithstanding all the challenges we face, we are proud to be associated with NDDC and are appealing that the aforementioned issues be speedily addressed, as our academic performance depends to a large extent on a balanced psychological state.

Hiccups:
Its so unfortunate Nigeria don't have reliable Judiciary, NDDC scholars could have sued NDDC for this inhumane treatment