₦airaland Forum

Mayflowa:
I don't know the kind of PR they want to do that they know is clearly a false statement. Have we not been contacting them about our final payment for PhD?

How do you hope to go about this@ladybug2

Ovywils:
I guess you are still being owed... Please provide proof as they said.

choicecad:
Yes the 2017nddc scholarship had been cancelled. It's also in today's daily of the nation. It's quite unfortunate.

choicecad:
Which one is this?

na2016:
http://nddc.gov.ng/2017scholarshiplist

Nuel1647:
Not every scholar was paid in January, quite a few haven't received a single payment. I am one of them.

Some scholars that were paid in January still have a second outstanding fee.

This delay is exceptional, there has been none like this in NDDC history. Even for NDDC this delay is unusual.

However, there is no indication that the process would be cancelled. It looks like payments of the remaining scholars and those that have a second outstanding fee and the release of the list would be concluded this month. There seems to be an aoura of confidence in NDDC’s communications that was absent before last month.

I guess we would have a clearer picture by next week.

ladybug2:
I disagree with the fact that it should just be 2017 scholars contributing in this forum. If nddc didn't have this chronic late payment issue then yes you have a point.

However, the issues current scholars are facing surely trickle down to prospective scholars cos if they are having issues paying us our outstanding instalments, rest assured the new scholars will be affected as well. Also, they may hang on to the list until they have dealt with current scholars so you may need us here to know what the status is.

When I started my phd, the older scholars in my school had just received their next payments' (a month after I registered) but I did get valuable info from them, and it was clear to me nddc usually delays max 5 months before payments are disbursed - and now that was manageable. But this current delay my set (2015, 2016) has experienced is unprecedented (18 months and no payments!!). Even the older scholars who have finished and are not owed are stunned.

So it is in our collective interest to badger them to do the right thing. Whatever the delay is to release the list may (or may not) be tied to the fact that they still have outstanding debts to settle and 2017 prospectives need to be kept in the loop and vice versa. My school has flagged nddc as a problematic sponsor, believe me you do not want to go through what we have.

chymeze:
I came here thinking i would get important info about our NDDC scholarship only to realize that close to 80% of what pple discuss here are absolute nonsense, things that are not even related to our scholarship written close to a year ago. Pple have now lost focus on what this group was created for and now discuss personal stuffs or argue endlessly (even when they know that no matter how much they argue here, social media arguments WILL NEVER give u ur scholarship!). Its seriously irritating! The energies that u channel here in discussing irrelevant topics or arguing unnecesarily or discussing scholarships UNRELATED to NDDC [b]2017 [/b]scholarship (and note, i said 2017 like the group name says and not 2016 or other years), wud have been more productive if it were channeled into directly confronting the pple responsible for implementing it. The mumu don do abeg!

Nuel1647:
The ease with which a lot of Nigerian Youths loose focus is beginning to make me reconsider their lazy president unguarded utterance.

The truth is that giving up is expensive, yes it can cost you a lot.

So before anyone of you give up, you need to ask yourself if you can afford it.

As bad as it is, it is still an opportunity to get much needed ”proper” education and despite all the ”challenges” (like late payment of fees), I would still look back one day and say it was worth it.

So if you think it's no longer worth it, there is no point to keep pushing, you can continue discussing the history and evolution of various races.

However, if you still think it's worth it, you need to keep your focus and continue pushing.

I am very proud of ladybug.
There was a similar lady in the bible who kept on pushing until an ”ungodly” Judge avenged her of her enemies.

No matter how stubborn, corrupt, insensitive, etc. you perceive the current NDDC set up is, if we keep pushing, they would bend. I didn't say it, it's in the bible.

Jaybadestboy:
Has anyone contacted nddc ?or does any one have a valid phone number/email?

Nuel1647:
It’s kind of tricky, as the minister and NDDC can have very different definition of “outstanding debt”. For instance the last time I was paid was april last year. I’ve not received any payment recently even though my fees is due and nddc received the invoice since last year.
However, I think (based on everyone I know) that everyone who has been owed for about a year has been paid once. There are people whose second or third year fee is also due but haven’t received a second payment.
In the interest of 2017 scholars, I think we should start focusing on release of the new list, so people can start planning towards April or September.

pbayagbon:
You just prayed again....lol
see ya Beloved NDDC @ it again
pple move on oh
prayers no fit save 9ja
28million churches.....
nation with the highest poverty level
smh

https:///HKVHWd

Hokage94:
What about the application fee?

Hokage94:
What about the application fee?

Mayflowa:
@ladybug2

Did you get reply from Ms Seledi about the outstanding tuition ? She didn't reply me.

Mayflowa:
@ladybug2

Did you get reply from Ms Seledi about the outstanding tuition ? She didn't reply me.

Mayflowa:
I hope they get to pay another batch of tuition. They have my 3rd invoice after paying for the second invoice this January. The 3rd invoice has long been due since August last year. I think ladybug2 is still being owed too.

Not clearing the 3rd tuition balance has same effect as not paying the 2nd tuition. Students get de-register for as low as $500 here. No service is free.


Yes you are right, my 3rd year fees are overdue and school has already notified we won't graduate / get our certificates if it's not settled. I have emailed a reminder to Ms Seledi

dannysugar:
Some pple came here to test the waters on the no-list narrative and folks were silent cos they felt the timeline is still in their favour.
Well for those that are optimistic abt their chances due to their perfomance in the selection processes, this is not the time to dispair. Would U want to go thru the hassles of admission,prep and logistics for a process that was 95% concluded? I don't think so. The minister said the suspension will be lifted when owed debts are cleared and we should begin in earnest to demand for the award if likely a new process is being procured. What is the concession to us?
We can all see how the collective cries for the payment of debts was tasking but yielded results to a large extent. I'll solicit that current scholars join our campaign in solidarity as we did for them.
They shld'nt score cheap points on our matter. The 2017 award list must not be trashed. It is on us, i repeat solely on our collective effort for the list to come to light. We must not faulter or fail.

viewingthistopic:
Premuim Times has reported that NDDC has cleared the backlog of payment with an official statement from the Chairman. ( Hoping the last tranche of payment has been forwarded to CBN)
They acknowledged the gratitude to them by scholars on social media meaning they see those tweets.

Pls put a call through for the release of the list. Thank You.

ladybug2:
They still owe some of us 2nd yr/3rd-year tuition which is now overdue. I didn't get the email though.

That doesn't mean they shouldn't deal with the issue of 2017 /2018 list. I have been haranguing them on twitter.

Nuel1647:
I believe NDDC sent out a mail yesterday asking scholars to confirm they had received their fees and upkeep allowance.

So It seems that they are rounding up the payment process. Hopefully that would mean paying the second/third year tuition fees of scholars still owed.

More importantly, it would mean they can now transfer their attention to the release of the scholarship list and also start a new application process.

BRAINNY:
#Tertiary Education Trust Fund(Tetfund)

Nuel1647:
It’s kind of tricky, as the minister and NDDC can have very different definition of “outstanding debt”. For instance the last time I was paid was april last year. I’ve not received any payment recently even though my fees is due and nddc received the invoice since last year.
However, I think (based on everyone I know) that everyone who has been owed for about a year has been paid once. There are people whose second or third year fee is also due but haven’t received a second payment.
In the interest of 2017 scholars, I think we should start focusing on release of the new list, so people can start planning towards April or September.