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I need a number to call. Please help.

herlecks:
Call or Email them.

I need to reschedule as well. Any phone number that I can call?

pyerii:
Has yours been rescheduled?

Me too.

Pdirac:
Me

Kindly send an email to aspire.high89@gmail.com
E get wetin I wan ask you, thanks!

mumbasa:
Chai!!! Eyaa poverty

Please send an email to aspire.highi89@gmail.com
I'd like to find out something from you. Thanks.

GraceM2017:
I guess they weren't thoroughly convinced by the interviews or may need more hands since government has launched the ERGP. Let's be optimistic and hopeful. For the companies, recruitment isn't as easy and we applicants see it, and for us, the process isn't as easy as the employers see it. Have fun.

I have questions for you o
Please send an email to aspire.high89@gmail.com

Temyjohnson:
Kindly drop ur mail or contact...i have some questions for yu....@teebass1989

aspire.high89@gmail.com

Thanks.

Saeed348:
Drop ur email

Thanks a lot. Please do and let us know what you found via this channel

Nedu91:
I will check Graduate school and my department tomorrow.

No.

Nedu91:
please have you seen the pg list?

Please send the contact to me as well.

Notify me by quoting this message and I will drop my email address.

Thanks!

Saeed348:
I've sent you the number long ago

You are too confident about your assertions, but they are not all correct. Not all LSS scholars were contacted.

Voice234:
Everyone who was awarded LSS, including those who applied for OSS but were given LSS were contacted. This is because
1) Unlike the OSS scholars, must of the LSS guys are yet to secure admission.

2) Last year, ptdf had challenges with most of the top institutes in the country because these institute saw "government money" and were charging the sponsored PTDF candidates almost double of what they charged the self sponsored candidates and this led to the late payment of tuition and slash in allowance of LSS scholars by PTDF. So Ptdf need info on the schools they plan on attending so they can sort it out with the institute in time.

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Msc or PhD?

Voice234:
I didn't get your question sir. Pls ask again.

Congratulations. Did you register for LSS?

Kngwu:
I've received mine too. LSS, PhD.

There should be an established timeline for all events - see Chevening Scholarship. PTDF has been in the business of awarding scholarships for a very long time. They can develop an established procedure from their many years of experience.

nuel1648:
Am I the only one here that thinks some people who played with their emotions, on their own, are blaming it on PTDF.

The scholarship is a previllage not a right, it is suppose to be for the best of the best (academically, mentally, emotionally and in character).

If this forum is reflective of the best my country has to offer, then we are in serious problem.

Many people need to learn the art of holding their cool until the right moment. All the outburst against PTDF and Flexistaff is premature to say the least. I have previously processed a study visa to the U.K. in three days, without priority service.

I personally feel the amount of hatred and frustration on this thread can even scare people with reasonable information regarding the list.

Don't worry, I have prepared my cross and will happily crucify myself.

How easy it is to deceit people nowadays. So you think what you have read here is true.

There are a lot of false information circulating nowadays, instead of people to carryout independent investigations to find out the truth, they just argue blindly with wrong information.

Let me talk about myself a little. I did not attend any private secondary school or university. The people I know that got PRESSID scholarship never attended any private university either.

This information being circulated is very untrue. What can mischief makers not do.

Let me add this, every single person I knew who applied for the scholarship was invited to take the test.

It is left for you to be objective.

maikant:
@damian. See the truth from one of the links you posted

Eligible candidates from the northern part of the country were excluded from the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID), Daily Trust investigations have revealed.The PRESSID was established by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration in January 2012, basically to achieve the goals of Vision 20:2020 and federal government’s transformation agenda.
The scheme was meant to sponsor qualified Nigerian graduates that have obtained first class honours degrees, from any recognised university, to pursue their postgraduate studies at the top 25 universities in the world.


But Daily Trust findings have indicated that only few candidates from the North have been considered eligible in the three editions of the exercise conducted thus far.
Although Daily Trust could not get a copy of the shortlisted beneficiaries, it was gathered that a total of 204 candidates benefitted from the scheme for 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic sessions, while 102 students benefitted for 2015/2016 session.
It was gathered that the perceived injustice in the exercise usually begin from the selection stage where first class candidates from the North were excluded by the screening committee, allegedly on the ground that they submitted their applications late, even when they applied within the stipulated time.
Also, the announcement for the commencement of the scholarship application by the National Universities Commission (NUC) did not include as criterion that candidates must attend a popular private school, but the screening committee apply that as a condition to exclude candidates from the North, Daily Trust learnt.
A source in the committee, who did not want his name in print, said that the screening exercise used to be influenced by the office of the Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF) and the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The source said: “Because these people were determined to disqualify northern candidates, they insisted that only candidates that graduated from popular private schools should be considered and most of the candidates from the North attended public schools. So, they were disqualified.”
He said that each geopolitical zone had a representative in the committee but that did not make the exercise credible, alleging that other members were not allowed to do their job selflessly.
The House of Representatives committee on education led by its chairman Aminu Suleiman, had on Thursday met with the Chairman of the Implementation Committee, Prof. Julius Okojie, in Abuja where he claimed that northerners were sidelined in the awards, leading to what he called “education imbalance and monumental abuse.”
He lamented that of the 104 short-listed for the scholarships this year, not a single candidate came from the North-West and North-East with the North-Central with seven slots, while the FCT did not get any.
Responding, Prof Okojie said that no considerations other than merit qualified the beneficiaries for the awards.
He said: “Unless we are saying that the criteria have to change, I will not advise that the programme should be scrapped.”
It would be recalled that the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has also condemned the exercise, alleging serious foul play in the selection process.
In a communiqué, ACF has accused NUC of bias against the North in the scheme, alleging that there was a deliberate plan aimed at denying students from the North participation in the scheme.
The ACF said the federal character principles were not adhered to in the selection of beneficiaries. It, therefore, called on the NUC to ensure fairness, transparency and equity in distribution of available slots among all qualified Nigerians, irrespective of their regions.
Daily Trust gathered that when the House’s committee challenged the second edition of the exercise, last year, the committee promised to review the process but the SGF directed it to ignore complaints from all quarters and implement the scheme.
And when the committee summoned the NUC boss over the issue, he refused to appear before it. Also, when members of committee visited the commission during their oversight function, Okojie avoided it and directed his deputy to receive the members on his behalf.
About 400 scholarships have been awarded by the scheme for the 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 academic sessions.
When contacted, the NUC’s spokesperson, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakasai, debunked all the allegations against the commission, saying that the award of PRESSID was based on merit. He added that historical background of candidates and their class of degrees were thoroughly scrutinized to check foul play.
He said that NUC operated an open-door policy, adding that northern stakeholders were fully involved in the process of the scholarship award.
He added: “A committee was set up which involved professors from all the six geopolitical zones, and even the exams were computer-based. So many entries were made and the best were selected.”

Your beliefs are not facts, sadly.

jsleekysleeky:
I am very disappointed in you @Dmainman, I always thought you had the capacity clear, coherent and unbigoted thinking but it appears I am wrong. Many Nigerians from the south erroneously believe that Northerners are uneducated, this is far from reality. If you have travelled around Nigeria and have interacted with graduates from the North and South, you will realize that talent and academic potential is spread across the length and breadth of Nigeria. Being a northerner does not make one dull and being a southerner does not make one sharp. Yes, there have been northerners who got the PTDF Scholarship without merit but there are also southerners who got the same PTDF scholarship without merit. I don't know why Pressid was cancelled but I believe if there was true merit in the process almost 50% of the 102 recipients would be northerners. If your position is that there was merit in the Pressid process then you should also agree that there was merit in the recent DSS recruitment exercise that yielded 51 recruits for Katsina and 5 for Akwa Ibom. The reality of Nigeria is that every ethnic group in Nigeria tries to outdo the other when someone from their group occupy any office whether in public or private sector. If a Hausa man occupies an office most of the recruits for that office would be Hausa, same thing happens if an Igbo man occupies the office. Every Nigerian is marganilized and no Nigerian is marginalized. This is the reason for over 50 years of Royal Dutch Shell's operations in Nigeria no northerner has made director or even manager. It is the reason why for over 50 years the Igbo produced a Chief of Army Staff just once.

If we want to build a new and better Nigeria, we must move away from painting one group as culprit in our collective failure. We must admit how we have wrong one another and collectively resolved to change our ways.

Let me interject here. Everyone seems to have an opinion, even on matters they know nothing.

Did you take the PRESSID qualifying tests? The results are displayed at the end of your test.

The test result is combined with your O level results - 70% and 30% respectively.

You can calculate your score and know if you made the grades or not. The pass mark for the second edition was about 66%.

The PRESSID scholarship was the one of the most transparent exercises ever carried out by the Nigerian government.

Unfortunately, a session of the country consistently outperform another session since no Federal character assurance, only merit.

I had many friends that made the 2015 list and these scholars were never sponsored.

Merit in Nigeria died on the altar of Federal character. It is high time everyone grew at his or her own pace.

Mballowa:
There is nothing truthful about what you said. Nothing but distortion of facts and misrepresentation. Your hatred will never allow you to see something good in others. You must be stupid to think that no first class from the Entire North that qualifies for the Pressid.

Mr Sunday is actually a very nice person.

I have had several conversations with him about this.

The list he snapped was the only one sent to his department, where he had his name.

I have called the DSA several times, but he doesn't seems to have any concrete information yet.

Let us keep searching and paste whatever we can find here.

Thanks!

*Someone should please check the school of Postgraduate if the PG list was pasted there

passedpawns:
Even today, I checked dsa, Donald ekong library, my department and any possible place I could check, but saw nothing.

One sundayoga posted an incomplete uniport list here previously, but I have resolved not to bother him.

My reason being that it is obvious he doesn't want to help others, probably because he cherishes the piece of info to a very high esteem.

I confirmed he's been active on this thread even as at today, but refused to tell where he saw the list, give a complete snapshot of the list and respond to questions of people quoting him since yesterday.

I respect his decision not to help others because uniport has chosen to make the list a very scarce commodity.

I never knew this scholarship grant was competitive and I feel so sorry for all the uniport scholars that are yet to see the list.

The University of Port Harcourt case is a peculiar one.

Anyone that knows where we can get the comprehensive list should please tell.

Thanks!

This is the list sent to his Dept.

Please when you get hold of the PG list do upload here. Thanks!

Ibukune:
Is that all for Uniport. Can u help with the pg list ?

Kindly snap and upload the list for UNIPORT - Undergrad and PG- when available. Thanks.

Please help me with their phone numbers and email addresses. Thanks.

xploiter:
I've called and emailed them still no help. Can't really get to Abuja now.

Thanks!

handsomebolanle:
I met dsa already...

This is my phone number

Are the letters available?

I applied for PG. I am presently far away.

I will need your phone number or I will give you mine.

handsomebolanle:
I met dsa already...

Any update from Uniport?

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A career in Mathematics is beautiful. I will advise that you know learn your mathematics well, you learn how to program with Excel, SQL and Mathlab and you learn about big data analytics. In summary, learn mathematics and programming.

CondomSir:
After writing utme for three years, i decide to go for a less competitive course this year, so as not to lose this year's admission. I initially wanted to go for an engineering course but i'm jilting that for mathematics now. i can cope with anything that has to do with calculations. So, experts in the house (most especially those with a degree in mathematics), i will like to know how far it has taken you. Come in and share your stories!