DELTA STATE GOVERNMENT BURSARY AND SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME IS ONGOING - COMRADE OLOGE ELIJAH;

*By Christian Onwugbolu*

Comrade Ologe Elijah, Executive Secretary Delta State Bursary and Scholarship board has disclosed that the Delta State Bursary scheme is currently ongoing in the state.

The chairman of the board made the disclosure while granting interview with newsmen at his office in Asaba the state capital on Friday 14th July, 2017.

He disclosed that his board has received 14,614 application for the state scholarship scheme while about 55 schools have been paid.

He further said that the various payments began from the month of May 2017, which includes and will cut across; students special assistance scheme (bursary), overseas postgraduate scholarship scheme; financial assistance to students in the Nigerian Law Schools, Aviation Scholarship scheme; scholarship for deceased civil servants and physically challenged students, alongside local scholarship scheme (undergraduate, Masters and PhD), etc.

Comr Elijah stated that the Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board is committed to supporting the pursuits of academic excellence in Delta State and to make bursary and scholarship readily accessible to all our students across the globe.

He urged the schools and students that hasn't benefitted from the scheme,to exercise patients,assuring all that no institution will be left out in the scholarship grant.

In the same vein, he urged the students to be appreciative of the various state government efforts towards advancing education in the state and said that Governor Okowa in line with the SMART agenda is committed to the advancement of education in the state,stating that the welfare of students remains of paramount concern to the Governor.

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